The Balsara Lab Staff Graduate Student Researchers. Click on each profile for an in-depth research description and publication list.


Karim Aruta
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: aruta[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Local structure and ion transport in polymer electrolytes using electrophoretic NMR

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Vivaan Patel
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: vivaan.patel[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Rechargeable Batteries

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Emily Abdo
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: eabdo[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Current-induced phase transformations of block copolymers in solid electrolytes

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Michael Bowen
B.S. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: michael_bowen[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Detection of Lithium Plating during Fast Charging

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Lily Gido
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: lilygido[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Design, synthesis and characterization of polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries

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Zirong He
B.S. Chemistry, Fudan University
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 508-8362
Email: zironghe[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Polymer/solid composite electrolytes synthesis and characterization

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Animesh Patel
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: animesh.patel[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Project: Elucidation of Reaction Kinetics and Ion Transport in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

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Melissa Stok
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: mstok[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Concentration gradients in polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries

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Shreya Makkar
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Office: D52 Tan Hall, UC Berkeley
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: shreyamakkar[at]berkeley.edu
Project: Synthesis and ion transport analysis of crosslinked polymer electrolytes

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Louise van Beek
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Grenoble Institute of Technology
Office: B33, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Phone: (510) 643-5037
Email: louise.vanbeek@berkeley.edu
Project: Ion transport in crosslinked polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries

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