Principal Investigator
Chunmei Ban
Professional History
2019-present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO
2018-2019, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Virginia, VA
2018-2019 Joint appointment, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder
2017-2019, Senior Scientist (V), Principle Investigator, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado
2014-2017, Senior Scientist (IV), Principle Investigator, NREL, CO
2011-2014, Scientist (III), Principle Investigator, NREL, CO
2008-2011, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, NREL, CO
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, State University of New York, Binghamton, 2008
M.S., Electrochemistry, Tianjin University, China, 2003
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2000
Postdoctoral Researchers
Zhiming Liang
Education
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (2018)
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, SC, PRC
Research Focus
Charge transport in conjugated polymer and nanostructures, electronic structure of organic molecules, stability and reactivity of radicals, redox flow batteries, organic thermoelectrtrics and photovoltaics.
Nicholas Singstock
Education
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder (2022)
B.E. in Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University (2017)
Research Focus
Rational design and discovery of advanced materials for energy storage and renewable conversions by leveraging computational, experimental and collaborative efforts.
Dr. Yangyang Wang
Education
Ph.D. in Material Science, Nankai University, China (2021)
M. E. in Material Engineering, Nankai University, China (2018)
B. E. in Polymer Material and Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, China (2015)
Research Focus
Solid electrolyte for high-energy solid-state batteries.
Graduate Students
Martin Nguyen
Ph.D student
Education
B.Sc Mechanical Engineering at University of Florida, Cum Laude (2019)
Research Area
Polymeric membrane manufacture for energy storage applications.
Charlotte Thomas
Ph.D student
Education
B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2020)
Research Area
Surface engineering of ceramic solid state electrolytes for next generation batteries.
Jackson Pope
Ph.D student
Education
B.Sc Materials Science and Engineering at the Ohio State University Columbus (2017)
Research Area
Artificial Surface Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) development and SEI mitigation materials.
Kaitlin Garman
Ph.D student
Education
B.S. in Chemistry at Montana State University (2021)
Research Area
Synthesis of solid-state electrolytes for battery applications.
Evan Flitz
Ph.D student
Education
B.S. in Chemistry at Pomona College (2022)
Research Area
Engineering interfaces of battery materials.
