Team
Principal Investigator
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Prof. Veronica Augustyn (CV) Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A & Materials Advances Education: e-mail: vaugust(at)ncsu.edu |
Research Scholar
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Dr. Noah Holzapfel
Education: email: npholzap(at)ncsu.edu
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Postdoctoral Fellows
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Dr. Ran Ding
Education: email: rding3(at)ncsu.edu |
Graduate Student Researchers
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Matthew Chagnot
NC-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow Education: B.S. Materials Science & NanoEngineering, Rice University, 2019 e-mail: mschagno(at)ncsu.edu |
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Alan Ferris
Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State, 2023 e-mail: alferris(at)ncsu.edu
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Ishita Kamboj
NSF GRFP Fellow & KIETS Climate Leadership Student Fellow Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2019 e-mail: ikamboj(at)ncsu.edu |
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Seongbak Moon
Education: M.S. Environ. & Polymer Eng. (2022), B.S. Polymer Sci. & Eng. (2019), Inha University (Korea) email: smoon5(at)ncsu.edu
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Vincenzo Musico
Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2021 email: vmusico(at)ncsu.edu |
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Saeed Saeed
Ph.D. Candidate Education: B.S. Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2018 e-mail: smsaeed(at)ncsu.edu |
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Aldina Sultana
Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Bangladesh), 2023 email: asultan2(at)ncsu.edu |
Undergraduate Student Researchers
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JaiShaun Boyd
Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State (in progress) email: jjboyd2(at)ncsu.edu |
| Colton King
Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State (in progress) email: ceking6(at)ncsu.edu |
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Lena Lopes MAT-DAT REU
Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology (in progress) email: llopes(at)ncsu.edu |
| Mason Shaffer
Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State (in progress) email: mpshaff2(at)ncsu.edu |
Group Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Alisa Paterson, part-time postdoctoral fellow, 2018 – 2019
next position: postdoctoral fellow, Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University
Dr. Simon Fleischmann, postdoctoral fellow, 2019 – 2020
next position: research fellow, Université Paul Sabatier (France)
Dr. Jenelle Fortunato, postdoctoral fellow, 2021 – 2024
next position: adjunct professor of chemistry, Virginia Wesleyan University
Dr. Ruocun (John) Wang, postdoctoral fellow, 2020
next position: postdoctoral fellow, Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University
Graduate Students
Dr. Shelby (Boyd) Pillai, graduate student researcher, 2016 – 2020
Dissertation Title: Interlayer Chemistry and Energy Storage Mechanisms of Manganese-Rich Oxides in Aqueous Electrolytes
next position: postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, NC State University
William Lo, graduate student researcher, 2015 – 2016
M.S. Thesis Title: Characterization of Hydrated Tungsten Oxides for Electrochemical Energy Storage
next position: graduate student, Physics, NC State University
Dr. James Mitchell, graduate student researcher, 2016 – 2021
Dissertation Title: Understanding the Role of Structural Water for High Power Electrochemical Energy Storage in Tungsten Oxide Hydrates
next position: postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Oregon
Dr. Michael Spencer, graduate student researcher, 2017 – 2023
Dissertation Title: Towards Understanding the Role of Confinement in the Electrochemical Reactivity of Guest Molecules and Expanded Transition Metal Oxides
next position: postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Boston College
Dr. Ruocun (John) Wang, graduate student researcher, 2015 – 2020
Dissertation Title: Improvement of Electrochemical Ion Insertion Kinetics in Tungsten Oxides with Structural Water and Trace Water in a Non-Aqueous Electrolyte
next position: postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University
Undergraduate Students
Sofia Abello, undergraduate researcher, 2021 – 2023
next position: graduate student, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Klarissa Baranyk, undergraduate researcher, 2017
next position: undergraduate student, Electrical & Computer Engineering, NC State University
Ashwin Bhargava, undergraduate researcher, 2016
next position: undergraduate student, Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University
Anna Costine, undergraduate researcher, 2016 – 2017
next position: graduate student, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Virginia
Frank DiLustro, undergraduate researcher, 2018
next position: undergraduate student, Electrical & Computer Engineering, NC State University
Jessica Elvegaard, undergraduate researcher, 2022 – 2023
next position: undergraduate student, Electrical Engineering, NC State University
Kay Goldberg, undergraduate researcher, 2017
next position: undergraduate student, Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University
Rebecca Hunt, undergraduate researcher, 2021 – 2023
next position: engineer, Northrop Grumman
Éowyn Lucas, undergraduate student researcher, 2015 – 2017
next position: graduate student, Materials Science & Engineering, CalTech University
Dominic Marchese, undergraduate student researcher, 2020 – 2021
next position: volunteer, AmeriCorps
Andie Matten, undergraduate student researcher, 2017 – 2020
next position: graduate student, Electrochemical Technology, University of Oregon
Kevin Matthews, undergraduate student researcher, 2017 – 2020
next position: graduate student, Materials Science Program, The University of Texas at Austin
Mikayla Moody, undergraduate student researcher, 2015 – 2016
next position: undergraduate student, Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University
Emily Morris, undergraduate student researcher, 2023
next position: undergraduate student, Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University
Tran Nguyen, undergraduate student researcher, 2019
next position: undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering, NC State University
Matthew Powell, undergraduate student researcher, 2017
next position: graduate student, Chemistry, Clemson University
Emma Schatz, NSF MAT-DAT REU student, 2023
next position: undergrad student, Physics, Loyola University
Ellie Scott, undergrad researcher, 2018 – 2019
next position: process engineer, Cree
Sophia Shi, undergrad researcher, 2020 – 2022
next position: graduate student, Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Hannah Teeters, undergrad researcher, 2020 – 2022
next position: consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
Carter Wunch, NSF MAT-DAT REU student, 2022
next position: undergrad student, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Rhode Island
Visitors
Prof. Anis Allagui, visiting faculty, 2018
next position: Assistant Professor, Sustainable & Renewable Energy Engineering Department, University of Sharjah (UAE)
Ming Lee, visiting undergraduate student researcher, 2017 – 2018
next position: undergraduate student, University of New South Wales (Australia)
Dr. Yunxiao Wang, visiting researcher, 2017
next position: research fellow, ISEM, University of Wollongong (Australia)
Huimin Zhou, visiting graduate student, 2018 – 2019
next position: graduate student, Jiangnan University (China)