Rodrigo Hernandez (B.S. 2025)

Post-lab position: LinkedIn

Triesha Singh (PhD 2024)
Thesis Title: Improving the Low Temperature Performance of Li-ion Batteries through Electrolyte Design and Interfacial Engineering
B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2019

Post-lab position: Battery Engineer at Tesla

Hailey Boyer
B.S. University of South Carolina, 2020

Rania Ahmed

Dimitrios Fraggedakis
Miller Research Fellow
B.S. University of Patras, 2015
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2021

Post-lab position: Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Jen Yu Lee (Visiting Scholar 2023-2024)
B.S. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2018

Pranav Ramachandra

Helen Bergstrom (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Characterizing Ion Correlation and Transport in Next-Generation Lithium Battery Electrolytes
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Brown University, 2015
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Post-lab position: Battery Materials Scientist at Aluminio Inc.

Matthew Crafton (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Deciphering Electrochemistry of Li-Excess, Cation-Disordered Rocksalt Cathode Materials
B.S. Cornell University, 2018
LinkedIn

Post-lab position: Research Scientist at Sylvatex

Tzu-Yang Huang (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Advancing Titration and Mass Spectrometry to Quantify Mixed Redox Processes in Li-Excess Cation Disordered Rock Salt Cathodes
Berkeley Taiwan Fellow
B.S. National Taiwan University, 2013
M.S. National Taiwan University, 2015
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Post-lab position: Battery Scientist at Anthro Energy

Zach Konz (PhD 2023)
Thesis Title: Lithium Plating Detection, Quantification, and Modeling to Enable Lithium-Ion Battery Fast-Charging
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
LinkedIn

Post-lab position: Senior Battery Engineer at Form Energy

Fatima Yousuf (B.S. 2023)
Senior, Chemical Engineering

Post-lab position: Battery Engineer at Aluminio

LinkedIn

Kylie Cheong (B.S. 2024)

Post-lab position:

Amanda Conde Del Moral (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2023)

Post-lab position: Materials Science Ph.D. student at Georgia Institute of Technology

Elyse Kedzie (PhD 2023)
Thesis title: Exploring Metal-Air Batteries with Quantitative Methods
B.S. University of Southern California, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Post-lab position: California Energy Commission

Jingbo Wang (Postdoc 2022-2023)
B.S. Wuhan University, 2012
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California Los Angeles, 2018-2021
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Post-lab position: Senior Scientist, Merck

David Brown (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Lithium-ion battery limitations under extreme operating conditions.
B.S. Columbia University, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Post-lab position: Senior Member of the Technical Staff at QuantumScape

Kara Fong (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Ion correlations and transport in Li-ion battery electrolytes
B.S. Stanford University, 2016
M.Phil. University of Cambridge, 2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Berkeley Graduate Study Fellow

Post-lab position: Trinity College Junior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge; Incoming Caltech Assistant Professor, 2025

Lori Kaufman (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Gas evolution studies on emerging cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
B.S. Yale University, 2016

Post-lab position: Scientist, Redwood Materials

Donghun Lee

B.S. Yonsei University, 2007
M.S. Yonsei University, 2009

Current position: Cathode material development project, Battery R&D, LG Energy Solution

Ananya Subramani (BS, 2022)
Current Employer: Cuberg

Sarah Berlinger (PhD, 2021)
Thesis title: The governing interactions in fuel-cell catalyst-layer inks
B.S. Columbia University, 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Current position: Postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Prof. Joelle Frechette at UC Berkeley

Eric McShane (PhD, 2021)
Thesis title: “Quantitative analysis of graphite interphasial species and implications for fast charging”
B.S. Cornell University, 2016
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Current position: CEO and Co-Founder, Electroflow Technologies

Elizabeth Corson (PhD, 2020)
Thesis title: “Plasmon-Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide“
B.S. Illinois Institute of Technology, 2011
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Kansas

Lexi Ringsby (BS, 2021)
Current position: PhD student at Stanford University

Brendan Wirtz (BS, 2021)
Current position: PhD student at Stanford University

Joe Papp (PhD, 2020)
Thesis title: “High voltage reactivity in lithium batteries“
B.S. University of Kentucky, 2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Current position: CTO at Anthro Energy

Srinivasan Ramakrishnan (Postdoc, 2018-2020)
B.Sc (Hons.) Chemistry, SSSIHL, 2010
M.Sc Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2012
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University, 2017
LinkedIn | Personal Website | CV

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at IIT, Bombay

Peter Dudenas (PhD, 2020)
B.S. Penn State University, 2014
Primary Advisor: Adam Weber, LBNL

Thesis title: Method development for polymer thin film characterization with applications in perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymers

Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at NIST, Polymer Processing Group

Kristian Bastholm Knudsen (Postdoc, 2016-2019)
B.Sc. Aalborg University, 2010
M.Sc. Aalborg University, 2012
Ph.D. Technical University of Denmark, 2015
Postdoc. Technical University of Denmark, 2016
Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Current position: Product Developer at Unisense

Kyle Diederichsen (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “High transference number polymer-based electrolytes for lithium batteries“
B.S. University of Colorado, Boulder, 2014

Current position: Postdoc in Alan Hatton’s group at MIT.

Erin Creel (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “Shining a light on plasmonic photoelectrochemical carbon dioxide reduction“
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Sewanee-The University of the South, 2013
LinkedIn

Current position: Postdoc in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory roll-to-roll manufacturing group.

Eddy Zaia (PhD, 2019)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Columbia University, 2012
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Alex King (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2019)
LinkedIn

Current position: Chemical Engineering undergraduate at University of Michigan.

Byungchun Park (Visiting Scholar, 2017-2019)
B.S. Hanyang University, 2005
M.S. Hanyang University, 2008

Current position: Cathode material development, Battery R&D, LG Chem.

Sara Renfrew (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “Tracing Interfacial Reactivity of Lithium Transition Metal Oxides Through Outgassing”
NDSEG Fellow

Davis Perez (B.S., 2018)
Current position: Stanford Chemistry graduate student

Meron Tesfaye (PhD, 2019)
Thesis title: “Understanding the Impact of Confinement on Ionomer Thin-film Transport Properties”
Primary advisor: Adam Weber
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Louis Hartmann (Visiting Scholar, 2018)
B.S. Technical University Munich, 2017
LinkedIn

Colin Burke (PhD, 2018)
Thesis title: "Electrolyte Engineering to Improve Capacity and Rechargeability in the Lithium-Oxygen Battery”
Current employer: Exponent
NASA NSTRF Fellow
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Jessica Nichols (PhD, 2018)
Thesis title: "Sodium-Oxygen and Magnesium Metal Electrochemistry for Energy Storage Applications”
Current employer: Dow Chemical
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
LinkedIn and Google Scholar

Rickey Terrell (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2018)
Current Position: University of Cincinnati undergraduate
LinkedIn

Hyo Won Kim (Postdoc, 2015-2018)

Current position: Assistant Professor at KENTECH, Korea

Matthew Liu (BS, 2018)
Current position: PhD student at Stanford Chemical Engineering

Robert Sengpeil (Visiting Scholar, 2017)
Current position: RWTH Aachen University Graduate Student

Nika Mahne (Visiting Scholar, 2017)
Nika's doctoral thesis on ''Singlet Oxygen in Non-Aqueous Battery Chemistries'' (Dr.techn., Graz University of Technology, 2018) comprised her results compiled at the McCloskey lab on the electrochemical oxidation of lithium carbonate.

Adrian Davey (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2017)

Hilda Buss (PhD, 2017)
Thesis title: "Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Functional Materials for Battery Electrolyte and Marine Antifouling Applications"
Current employer: Exponent
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
LinkedIn

Youngsang Kim (Postdoc, 2015-2017)
Current employer: Lam Research
LinkedIn

Yihan Zhang (BS, 2017)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Sophia Chan (BS, 2017)
Current position: PhD student at Columbia U. Chemical Engineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (starting fall 2017)

Keren Zhang (BS, 2017)
Current position: PhD student at Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering

Christopher Dekmezian (BS, 2014-2016)
Current position: Engineer at QuantumScape

Jakob Asenbauer (Visiting Scholar, 2016)
Current position: University of Regensburg Graduate Student

Howie Nguyen (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2016)
Current position: Georgetown undergraduate

Francis Richey (Postdoc, 2014-2015)
Current employer: EOS Energy Storage 

Burkhard Ohs (Visiting Scholar, 2015)
RTWH Aachen

Charles Wan (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2015)
Current position: Cornell undergraduate

Jia Ji Lin (Amgen Summer Scholar, 2014)
Post-lab position: NYU undergraduate