2023
Alec Ho
PhD Student
Project: Investigating lithium plating and lithation heterogeneities in lithium-ion batteries during fast charging
Zach Hoffman
PhD Student
Project: Electrochemical characterization of single-ion-conducting polymer electrolytes
Neel Shah
PhD Student
Project: Investigation of the Thermodynamics of Miscible Polymer Systems
Saheli Chakraborty
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Investigation of single ion conducting block copolymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries
David Halat
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Local structure and ion transport in polymer electrolytes using electrophoretic NMR
2022
Xiaopeng Yu
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Design, synthesis and characterization of polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries
Kevin Gao
PhD Student
Project: Investigating ion transport and phase behavior in polymer blend electrolytes for lithium batteries
Lorena Grundy
PhD Student
Project: Characterization of ion transport through polymer electrolytes using NMR
Louise Frenck
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Electrochemical characterization of polymer electrolytes and dendrite growth in lithium metal polymer batteries
2021
Michael Galluzzo
PhD Student
Project: Electrochemical characterization of block copolymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries
Gumi Sethi
PhD Student
Project: Characterization of nanohybrid block copolymer electrolytes for lithium batteries
Youngwoo Choo
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Electrochemical characterization of ether-based polymer electrolytes
2020
Whitney Loo
PhD Student
Project: Thermodynamics of Block Copolymer Electrolytes
Jacqueline Maslyn
PhD Student
Project: X-ray studies of lithium metal anodes with block copolymer electrolytes
Deep Shah
PhD Student
Project: Nonflammable polymer electrolytes for safer Li batteries
2019
Hee Jeung Oh
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Developing porous highly structured polymers for a new emerging biomedical application, “drug capture,” to minimize the side effects of cancer drugs before they are released in the body.
Hee Jeung Oh Research Group at Penn State
2018
Katrina Mongcopa
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Investigation of Ion Clustering in Homopolymer Electrolytes
Dunyang (Rita) Wang
PhD Student
Project: Lithium Sulfur Reactions in Ether Based Polymer Electrolytes
Ksenia Timachova
PhD Student
Project: Measuring ion-transport in new polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries
Danielle Pesko
PhD Student
Project: Effect of polymer electrolyte molecular structure on cell performance lithium metal batteries
2017
Irune Villaluenga
Staff Scientist
Project: Single ion conduction in nanohybrid block copolymer electrolytes
Doug Greer
PhD Student
Project: Designing and Determining Peptoid Nanostructure and Self-Assembly
Adriana A. Rojas
PhD Student
Project: Single-ion-conducting Polymer Electrolytes
Alex Wang
PhD Student
Project: Pervaporation membranes for dehydration of sugars to furanics
2016
Mahesh Bhatt
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Synthesis of block copolymers with high electronic and ionic conduction for use in lithium-polymer batteries
Mahati Chintapalli
PhD Student
Project: Effect of block copolymer electrolyte grain structure on lithium ion conductivity
Chaeyoung Shin
PhD Student
Project: Block copolymer membranes for biofuel separation
Jacob Thelen
PhD Student
Project: Determining the influence of charged species on the phase behavior, self-assembly, and electrochemical performance of polymeric battery materials
Katherine Harry
PhD Student
Project: Dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries
Xi Chelsea Chen
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Developing porous ion-containing polymeric membranes for chemotherapy filtration
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Didier Devaux
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Electrochemical characterization of polymer electrolytes and lithium battery application (perfomances & failure mode)
Kevin Wujcik
PhD Student
Project: Study of lithium-sulfur battery reaction intermediates in polymer electrolytes
2015
Pepa Cotanda
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Study of diblock copolymer anion exchange membranes
Nikos Petzetakis
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Block copolymer pervaporation membranes for biofuel production.
2014
Nicholas Young
PhD Student
Project: Effect of supercritical carbon dioxide on polymer blend thermodynamics
Sebnem Inceoglu
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Single-ion-conducting block copolymers for lithium-ion batteries
Inna Gurevitch
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: PS-PEO Block Copolymer-Ceramic Hybrid materials
2013
Alexander Teran
PhD Student
Project: Lithium sulfur batteries using solid polymer electrolytes
Shrayesh Patel
PhD Student
Project: Mixed ionic and electronic conducting block copolymers
Anna Javier
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Development of polymeric materials with high electronic and ionic conduction for use in lithium-polymer batteries
2012
Keith Beers
PhD Student
Project: Block copolymer polyelectrolytes for fuel cell applications
David Wong
PhD Student
Project: Block copolymers for battery separator applications
Scott Mullin
PhD Student
Project: Ion transport in block copolymer electrolytes
Greg Stone
PhD Student
Project: Dendrite growth in lithium metal rechargeable batteries
Daniel Hallinan
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Lithium air batteries using solid polymer electrolytes
Guillaume Sudre
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Characterization of Block Copolymers for Selectibe Hydroxyl Ion Transport
Evren Ozcam
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Optimized Membranes for Selective Alcohol Transport
Ching-Chen Wu
Visiting scholar
2011
Ashish Jha
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Block copolymer membranes for alcohol pervaporation
Xin Wang
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Property relationship of PEMs for hydrogen fuel cell application
Venson (Wensheng) Chang
Visiting scholar
Project: Designing Cathodes for Lithium-Air Cells
Sun Yun Yang
Visiting scholar
Project: Nano-porous polymer preparation and application
2010
Nisita Wanakule
PhD Student
Project: Thermodynamics and electrochemical characterization of block copolymer electrolytes
Alisyn J. Nedoma
PhD Student
Project: Tuning the design parameters of the constituent block copolymers
Liang Chen
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Synthesizing new block copolymer membranes for separation of alcohol from aqueous alcohol solution
2009
Justin Virgili
PhD Student
Project: Thermodynamics of block copolymers and ionic liquids
Ashoutosh Panday
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Ion transport in block copolymer electrolytes
Moon Jeong Park
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Direct imaging of synthetic polymer membranes
2008
Jeffrey D. Wilbur
PhD Student
Project: Characterizing the grain structure of block copolymer thin films
Ed Feng
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Simulations and Field Theory of Polymers
2007
Amish J. Patel
PhD Student
Project: Equilibrium dynamics of block copolymer systems using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy
Enrique D. Gomez
PhD Student
Project: Block copolymer networks and block copolymers aggregation in dilute solution
David A. Durkee
PhD Student
Project: Polymer bound catalysts for chiral synthesis & block copolymers for nanostructured catalysts
Megan Robertson
PhD Student
Project: Polymer Surfactants for Organizing Immiscible Polymers
Tim Rappl
Project: Nucleation
2006
Mohit Singh
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Block Copolymer Electrolytes
Gregg M. Wilmes
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Conjuction of nanofabrication and polymer science
Kyungyoul Baek
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Synthesis of Nanostructured Fuel Cell Membrane
2005
Hany Eitouni
PhD Student
Project: Electrochemical Self-Assembly
Ben Reynolds
PhD Student
Project: Dynamics of Block Copolymer Adsorption
2004
Hyeok Hahn
PhD Student
Project: Crosslinked Block Copolymers
2003
Yumi Matsumiya
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
Project: Characterization of Polymer Electrolytes
2002
Amy Lefebvre
PhD Student
Project: Initial Stages of Phase Separation in Polymer Blends Near the Limit of Metastability
Joon Hyun Lee
PhD Student
Project: Thermodynamics and Surfactancy of Block Copolymers in Multicomponent Polyolefin Blends
2000
Mei Chang
PhD Student
Project: Analysis of Microstructure in Ordered Block Copolymer Materials
Won G. Kim
PhD Student
Project: Kinetics of the Disorder-to-Order Transition in a Block Copolymer Melt
Chandru Eswaran
MS Student
Project: Synthesis of Model Block Copolymers by Glove Box and High Vacuum Anionic Polymerization
1999
Hao Wang
PhD Student
Project: Microstructure and Ordering Kinetics of Block Copolymers under Shear Flow
Jatin Mody
MS Student
Project: The Effect of Cross-linking on the Order to Disorder Transition of a Diblock Copolymer
1998
James Dai
PhD Student
Project: Grain Structure and Ordering Kinetics in Block Copolymers
1997
Hyun Sik Jeon
PhD Student
Project: Thermodynamics and Morphology in Complex Polymer Fluids
Feredin Demir
MS Student
Project: Dynamic Light Scattering from Block Copolymer Solutions
Arvind Krishnan
MS Student
Project: Measurement of the Order Parameter in Symmetric Diblock Copolymers
1996
Chen Chy Lin
PhD Student
Project: Thermodynamics in Block Copolymers and Multicomponent Polymer Blends, October
1995
Praveen Kesani
MS Student
Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Block Copolymers
SV Jonnalagadda
MS Student
Project: Synthesis of Block Copolymers by Anionic Polymerization
