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
MS, Electrochemistry, Tianjin University, China, 2003
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2000
Postdoctoral Researchers
Zhiming Liang
Education
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (2018)
- B.E.in Chemistry, 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.
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 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:
Polymeric membrane manufacture for energy storage applications.
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.
