Martin Z. Bazant Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering Digital Learning Officer Professor of Applied Mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 66-458 Cambridge, MA 02139 Email: bazant at mit.edu Administrative Assistant: Anna Christman Email: annac42 at mit.edu

Introduction		Research		Group		Teaching		Publications		Talks

What's New

• Passages:
  • Chevron Chair of Chemical Engineering
  • National Academy of Engineering
  • Pedro de Souza (UCLA) Hongbo Zhao (UCSD) and Dimitrios Fraggedakis (Princeton) grew our academic family.

• Research:
  • A simple formula could guide the design of faster-charging longer-lasting batteries
  • D3BATT - Remaking Battery Science
  • Decoding the sounds of battery formation and degradation

• Publications:
  • Google Scholar
  • Coupled ion-electron transfer in electrochemistry (lecture video)
    • Mathematical theory: Unified quantum theory of electrochemical kinetics by coupled ion-electron transfer
    • Battery experiments: Lithium-ion intercalation by coupled ion-electron transfer
    • Quantum simulations: Computational insights into.. charge transfer kinetics at the LCO interface
    • Nanoscale imaging: Learning heterogeneous reaction kinetics from x-ray videos
    • Porous electrodes: Modeling single-crystal electrodes as a network of primary particles
    • Electrodeposition: Current-dependent morphologies of insulating electrodeposits in Li-O2 batteries
    • Electrocatalysis: Quantum theory of the metal dependence in electrocatalysis
  • Electrochemically resolved acoustic emissions from Li-ion batteries

• Teaching:
  • 10.50x Analysis of Transport Phenomena (Award-winning 9 MOOCs)
  • Math Boot Camp for Engineers (MIT News)

• Startup:
  • Lithios, Inc., Chief Scientist and Co-founder
  • Lithios Launches Pilot and Manufacturing Facility to Scale Lithium Extraction in the Americas

• Organizations:
  • President, International Electrokinetics Society
  • Director, Center for Battery Sustainability
  • Director, D3BATT: Data-Driven Design of Rechargeable Batteries

• Software:
  • MPET: Multiphase Porous Electrode Theory
  • COVID-19 Indoor Safety Guideline
  • EDIP: Environment Dependent Interatomic Potential

(hits since 2002 @ MIT Math)