People at LESC

Email: wangj467@uchicago.edu

Jing received her B.S. in Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University in China. Her previous research focused on developing cathode materials for Zinc-ion batteries and additive manufacturing of Li-ion batteries. Her current research involves synthesis, modification and characterization of single crystalline cathode materials for Li-ion
batteries.

Email: zhhaozhe@uchicago.edu

Haozhe received his B.S. in Materials Chemistry and M.S. in Physical Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University. His previous research focused on material design and mechanism investigation for aqueous energy storage systems like Zn-ion batteries, aqueous alkaline batteries, and supercapacitors. His current research including materials design for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction and metal-air batteries.

Email: s1bai@eng.ucsd.edu

Shuang graduated with a master’s degree majoring in Medicinal Chemistry from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University-Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS joint program in 2016. She has been working at LESC as the research associate for two years before she becomes a PhD student. Her previous research interest includes using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to elucidate the materials structural change during electrochemical reactions. She is currently working on the modification and characterization of Si anode materials. 

Email: bbhamwala@ucsd.edu

Bhargav received his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Pandit Deendayal Energy University in 2015 and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston in 2018. His masters’ research was focused on solid polymer electrolyte-based lithium-ion batteries with Graphite/Silicon anode. Then, he started working at Nextech Batteries as a cell research engineer. His current research is focused on interface study with advanced characterization techniques in conversion chemistry-based energy storage devices.

Email: acronk@eng.ucsd.edu

Ashley received her B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. Her previous research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focused on the development of a novel electrochemical flow cell with gas diffusion and membrane electrode architecture for CO2 reduction. Her research interests include electrochemical and nanocomposite materials for energy storage.

Email: d3cheng@eng.ucsd.edu

Diyi received his B.S. in Material Physics from Jilin University in China. His previous research focused on nickel–cobalt layered double hydroxide nanosheets for high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials. Currently he is working on lithium thin film battery and solid-state electrolyte.

Email: yuc054@eng.ucsd.edu

Yu-Ting received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from National Taiwan University. He previously worked on oxide-based solid-state electrolytes and lithium metal anodes. He is now researching all-solid-state lithium and sodium ion battery.

Email: gdeysher@eng.ucsd.edu

Grayson received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University. His previous research involved the synthesis of new two-dimensional MXenes as well as their layered carbide precursors to be used for applications including energy storage. He is currently working on using MXenes as electrode materials for metal ion batteries; particularly sodium.

Email: soham@eng.ucsd.edu

So–Yeon received her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea. Her previous research focused on high growth per cycle in atomic layer deposition of Al₂O₃ and perovskite solar cells. She is currently working on Li metal and Si anodes of all-solid-state batteries.

Email: yil889@eng.ucsd.edu

Yixuan received her B.S. in New Energy Science and Engineering from Nanjing University in China. Her previous research focused on developing cathode materials for Li-ion batteries and Li-air batteries. Her current research involves synthesis and characterization of advanced electrode materials for Li-ion batteries.

Email: blu@eng.ucsd.edu

Bingyu received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of California, San Diego. His previous research focused on developing Li-Air Batteries and the application of Cryo-TEM on the characterization of Lithium Metal Batteries. He is currently working on the synthesis and characterization of protective layers for lithium metal.

Email: saparab@ucsd.edu

Saurabh received his Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science with a specialization in Ceramics and Composites from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2020. His previous research was focused on the synthesis and characterization of layered oxide cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. Currently, he is working on exploring the oxygen activity in the high energy cathode materials.

Email: napark@ucsd.edu

Na Ri received her B.S. and M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Sogang University in Korea. Her previous research focused on developing Cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. Her current research involves synthesis and characterization of New generation Cathode for Li-ion batteries.

Email: graghave@eng.ucsd.edu

Ganesh graduated from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli with B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering.  He previously worked at GAIL India Ltd., as Senior Process Engineer for two years. He is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering at UCSD. His current research includes microscopy image processing and Co-free batteries.

Email: pridley@eng.ucsd.edu

Phil received his B.S. from Rochester Institute of Technology in Chemical Engineering in 2018 and M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from Drexel University in 2020. His previous research focused on conversion of two-dimensional MXenes into layered oxides for energy storage applications. He is currently interested in the development of solid-state battery systems for EVs.

Email: bsayahpo@eng.ucsd.edu

Baharak received her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from University of Tehran and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research background is in the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for Lithium-air batteries. She is interested in the development of novel electrocatalytic systems for future energy storage technologies.

Email: ryshimiz@eng.ucsd.edu

Ryosuke received B.S. and M.S. in Physics from Tohoku University in Japan. His previous focus was a surface structure of ionic liquids by SFG spectroscopy. Then, he had worked at Honda R&D as an engineer for a few years. Currently, he is working on thin-film battery.

Email: bs@eng.ucsd.edu

Bhagath received his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. His previous research focused on synthesizing and characterizing Chitosan-Nanoclay/Nano Silica hybrid composites. His current project is to develop high-capacity anode materials including Silicon and Silicon Oxide and also to understand their failure mechanisms.

Email: w1yao@eng.ucsd.edu

Weiliang received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology(IIT) and M.S. in University of California San Diego (UCSD). His previous focus includes synthesis of WC-Co alloys and LiAlO2-Al2O3-coating on LiCoO2 cathode. His current research focuses on interface and mechanism studies of high voltage cathode materials.

Email: yyijie@eng.ucsd.edu

Yijie Yin graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in history. He was also selected to participate in the Excellent Engineer Training Program in SJTU. He was previously involved in synthesizing supramolecular hydrogels and study their applications on cell adhesion and growth in tissue engineering. His current project is to develop a new advanced electrolyte for next generation Lithium Metal battery.