Team

Principal Investigator

Prof. Veronica Augustyn (CV)
Jake & Jennifer Hooks Distinguished Scholar in Materials Science & Engineering
University Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor
NC State University

Scientific Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas Materials Institute, UT Austin, 2013-2015
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, UCLA, 2013
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Arizona, 2007 

e-mail: vaugust(at)ncsu.edu

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Research Scholar

Dr. Noah Holzapfel 

Education:
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2022
B.A., Chemistry & Biochemistry, Capital University, 2018

email: npholzap(at)ncsu.edu

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Matthew Chagnot

Education:
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University, 2024
B.S. Materials Science & NanoEngineering, Rice University, 2019

e-mail:  mschagno(at)ncsu.edu

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Dr. Saeed Saeed

Education:
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State University, 2024
B.S. Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2018

e-mail:  smsaeed(at)ncsu.edu

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Graduate Student Researchers

Alan Ferris

Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State, 2023

e-mail:  alferris(at)ncsu.edu

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Lillian Lower

co-advised with Prof. Joe Sagues

Education: M.S. Biological & Ag. Eng. (2023), B.S. Civil Eng. (2020), NC State University

email: lmlower(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

Ph.D Candidate

Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2021

email: vmusico(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

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Undergraduate Student Researchers

Colton King

Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State (in progress)

email: ceking6(at)ncsu.edu

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Kelly Robertson

Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering & Textile Engineering, NC State (in progress)

email: karober7(at)ncsu.edu

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Mason Shaffer

Education: B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, NC State (in progress)

email: mpshaff2(at)ncsu.edu

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Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Ran Ding, postdoctoral fellow, 2021 – 2024

Dr. Alisa Paterson, part-time postdoctoral fellow, 2018 – 2019

Dr. Simon Fleischmann, postdoctoral fellow, 2019 – 2020

Dr. Jenelle Fortunato, postdoctoral fellow, 2021 – 2024

Dr. Ruocun (John) Wang, postdoctoral fellow, 2020

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

Dr. Matthew Chagnot, graduate student researcher, 2019 – 2024
Dissertation Title: Electrochemical Kinetics of Cation Insertion in Transition Metal Oxides

Dr. Ishita Kamboj, graduate student researcher, 2019 – 2024
Dissertation Title: Design of Lithium-ion Battery Cathode Materials and Architectures

William Lo, graduate student researcher, 2015 – 2016
M.S. Thesis Title: Characterization of Hydrated Tungsten Oxides for Electrochemical Energy Storage

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

Dr. Saeed Saeed, graduate student researcher, 2019 – 2024
Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of Ion Insertion in Solid State Materials for Energy Storage and Hydrogen Atom Transfer

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

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

Undergraduate Students

Sofia Abello, undergraduate researcher, 2021 – 2023

Klarissa Baranyk, undergraduate researcher, 2017

Ashwin Bhargava, undergraduate researcher, 2016

JaiShaun Boyd, undergraduate researcher, 2023 – 2024

Anna Costine, undergraduate researcher, 2016 – 2017

Frank DiLustro, undergraduate researcher, 2018

Jessica Elvegaard, undergraduate researcher, 2022 – 2023

Kay Goldberg, undergraduate researcher, 2017

Rebecca Hunt, undergraduate researcher, 2021 – 2023

Lena Lopes, MAT-DAT REU student, 2024

Éowyn Lucas, undergraduate student researcher, 2015 – 2017

Dominic Marchese, undergraduate student researcher, 2020 – 2021

Andie Matten, undergraduate student researcher, 2017 – 2020

Kevin Matthews, undergraduate student researcher, 2017 – 2020

Mikayla Moody, undergraduate student researcher, 2015 – 2016

Emily Morris, undergraduate student researcher, 2023

Tran Nguyen, undergraduate student researcher, 2019

Matthew Powell, undergraduate student researcher, 2017

Emma Schatz, NSF MAT-DAT REU student, 2023

Ellie Scott, undergrad researcher, 2018 – 2019

Sophia Shi, undergrad researcher, 2020 – 2022

Hannah (Teeters) Denhartog, undergrad researcher, 2020 – 2022

Carter Wunch, NSF MAT-DAT REU student, 2022

Visitors

Prof. Anis Allagui, visiting faculty, 2018

Ming Lee, visiting undergraduate student researcher, 2017 – 2018

Dr. Yunxiao Wang, visiting researcher, 2017

Huimin Zhou, visiting graduate student, 2018 – 2019