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The research mission of our group is to understand materials and their mechanisms at electrochemical interfaces relevant to energy and environmental technologies.

The education mission of our group is to train materials scientists and engineers in experimental research methods, particularly materials synthesis, electrochemistry, and characterization, in preparation for future careers in industry, academia, and government.

Our group primarily performs hypothesis-driven experimental research on materials in electrochemical environments. The successful outcome of our research mission is through the publication of research findings in high-quality journals and patent applications. The successful outcome of our education mission is through the graduation and employment of undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.

The two missions (research and education) are tightly intertwined and this is what makes academic research unique.

Area(s) of Expertise

Electrochemical energy storage, electrochemical analysis, material characterization, nanomaterial synthesis

Publications

• Data Availability for "Effects of Heteroatom Doping on Hydrogen Uptake in Tungsten Oxide" , Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)
• Data Availability for "Effects of Heteroatom Doping on Hydrogen Uptake in Tungsten Oxide" , Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)
• Effects of heteroatom doping on hydrogen uptake in tungsten oxide , Chemical Science (2026)
• Evidencing Fast and Reversible Proton Insertion of a Metastable Bilayered Tungsten Oxide , ChemRxiv (2026)
• Governing factors in mildly acidic Zn/MnO 2 batteries: interplay of electrochemical protocols, electrolyte composition, and cell configuration , Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2026)
• Introduction to advanced aqueous batteries , Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2026)
• Niobium Tungsten Oxides as Anodes for High-Power and Low-Temperature Li-Ion Batteries , Chemistry of Materials (2026)
• (Invited) Understanding Electrochemical Reactivity Under Confinement in Layered Materials Using Operando Electrochemical X-Ray Diffraction and Mass Spectroscopy , ECS Meeting Abstracts (2025)
• A Multiscale Investigation of a Cation Water Exchange Mechanism for Reversible K+ Insertion into Prussian Blue Analogs , ChemRxiv (2025)
• Competition between dissolution and ion exchange during low temperature synthesis of LiCoO 2 on porous carbon scaffolds , Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2025)