Research Group

• Current Members
• Alumni
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Current Members

Postdocs

1. Cristina Grosu
2. Huada Lian

   Graduate Students

3. Barathkumar Baskaran (Chemical Engineering, co-advised by Desiree Plata, Civil Engineering)
4. Alexander Cohen (Chemical Engineering / Computational Science and Engineering, co-advised by Joern Dunkel, Mathematics)
5. Amelia Dai (Chemical Engineering)
6. Samuel Degnan-Morgenstern (Chemical Engineering)
7. Xiaochen Du (Chemical Engineering / Computational Science and Engineering, co-advised by Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli, Materials Science)
8. Chan Kim (Chemical Engineering)
9. Young Ko (Mechanical Engineering)
10. Emily Krucker-Velasquez (Chemical Engineering, co-advised by Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Materials Science - alumna of James Swan)
11. Michael Li (Chemical Engineering)
12. Daniel Markiewitz (Chemical Engineering)
13. Matthew Moy (Chemical Engineering)
14. Shakul Pathak (Chemical Engineering)
15. Yash Samantaray (Chemical Engineering)
16. Chien-Rung Shih (Chemical Engineering, co-advised by Betar Gallant, Mechanical Engineering)
17. Siqi (Suzy) Wu (Chemical Engineering)
18. Arjun Yennemadi (Chemical Engineering)
19. Junghyun Yoon (Chemical Engineering)

    Undergraduate Students

20. Jad Abou Ali
21. Mairin O'Shaughnessy

    Visiting Student

22. Konrad Dittrich (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

    Administrator

23. Osama Joseph-Irabor

Ph.D. Students
1. Jaehyuk Choi Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2005).
   • Thesis: Advection-Diffusion-Limited Aggregation and Dense Granular Flow
   • Next: Wall Street, professor, Peking University HSBC Business School. (career story)

2. Kevin T. Chu Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2005).
   • Thesis: Asymptotic Analysis of Extreme Electrochemical Transport.
   • Next: Serendipity Research

3. Jeremy A. Levitan Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2005).
   • Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Induced-Charge Electro-osmosis.
   • Next: Co-founder and CEO, ICEO, Inc.

4. Chris H. Rycroft Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2007).
   • Thesis: Multiscale modeling of granular flow.
   • Next: professor, Mathematics, U. Wisconsin

5. Kenneth N. Kamrin Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2008).
   • Thesis: Stochastic and deterministic models for dense granular flow
   • Next: professor, Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2010.

6. Mustafa Sabri Kilic Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2008).
   • Thesis: Induced-charge electrokinetics at large voltages.

7. Damian Burch Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2009).
   • Thesis: Intercalation Dynamics in Li-ion Batteries.
   • Next: Exxon

8. Todd R. Ferguson, PhD in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2013).
   • Thesis: Lithium-Ion Battery Modeling using Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics (PDF).
   • Next: Aramco Research

9. William A. Braff, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2013). Co-advisor: Cullen Buie.
   • Thesis: Hydrogen-Bromine Laminar Flow Battery for Large Scale Energy Storage (PDF).
   • Next: Exponent, Apple, Lucid Motors

10. Yeqing Fu, PhD in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2014).
    • Thesis: Theoretical and Experimental Study of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) using Impedance Spectra (PDF)
    • Next: Aramco Services

11. Matthew B. Pinson, PhD in Physics, MIT (2014).
    • Thesis: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in Porous Media: Battery Degradation, and Sorption and Transport in Porous Materials (PDF).
    • Next: Jesuit Seminary

12. Yi Zeng, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2015)
    • Thesis: Mathematical Modeling of Li-ion Intercalation Particles and Their Electrochemical Dynamics (PDF).
    • Next: Tower Research Capital

13. Sven Schlumpberger, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2016)
    • Thesis: Shock Electrodialysis for Water Purification and Electrostatic Correlations in Simple and Polyelectrolytes (PDF).
    • Next: Corning

14. Raymond B. Smith, Ph.D. in Chemical Engieering, MIT (2017)
    • Thesis: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Porous Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries (PDF).
    • Next: Tesla

15. Juhyun Song, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2018)
    • Thesis:Theory of Diffusion Impedance in Nanostructured Electrochemical Systems
    Next: Argonne National Lab, Professor, Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH).

16. Edwin Sze Lun Khoo, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2019)
    • Thesis: Theoretical Aspects of Electrodeposition in Charged Porous Media.
    • Next: A*STAR

17. Kameron Conforti, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2019)
    • Thesis: Continuous Ion-selective Separation by Shock Electrodialysis
    • Next: Saint-Gobain

18. Fan He, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2019), Co-advisor: T. Alan Hatton
    • Thesis: Theoretical and Experimental Study of Electrochemically Mediated Adsorption Processes
    • Next: ExxonMobil

19. Zongyu Gu, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2019)
    • Thesis: Physics-Based Models of Hysteresis in Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
    • Next: Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Digital Learning Scientist, MIT

20. Tingtao Zhou, Ph.D. in Physics, MIT (2019)
    • Thesis: Phase Transition Induced Deformation of Porous Media
    • Next: postdoc at Caltech

21. Amir Levy, Ph.D. in Physics, MIT (2019)
    • Thesis: Beyond Poisson-Boltzmann: Strong Correlations and Extreme Confinement in ionic fluids

22. Supratim Das, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2020)
    • Thesis: Learning the electrochemistry of degradation of graphite electrodes in lithium-ion batteries
    • Next: MIT MBA (2021), Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy
    • Next: Electric Hydrogen

23. Michael McEldrew, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT (2021).
    • Thesis: Ion Aggregation, Correlated Ion Transport and the Double Layer in Super-Concentrated Electrolytes
    • Next: Cuberg

24. Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2021).
    • Thesis: Electrochemical and Transport processes in Ion Intercalation Materials
    • Next: Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley. Faculty at Princeton.

25. Hongbo Zhao, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2021).
    • Thesis: Data-driven Modeling of Lithium Intercalation Materials
    • Next: postdoc at Princeton. Faculty at UCSD.

26. Surya Effendy, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2022).
    • Thesis: Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention Technology: Revisiting the Fundamentals and Looking Forward
    • Next: Verdox

27. Pedro de Souza, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2022).
    • Thesis: Microscopic Physics of Electrical Double Layers
    • Next: postdoc at Princeton

28. Mohammad A. Alkhadra, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2022).
    • Thesis: Ion Separations using Shock Electrodialysis
    • Next: Co-founder and CEO of Lithios, Inc.

29. Huanhuan Tian, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2022).
    • Thesis: Nonlinear Ion Transport at High Electric Currents in Shock Electrodialysis and Ion-intercalation Memories
    • Next: Huawei

30. Qiaohao (Harry) Liang, Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and Computational Science and Engineering (2024).
    • Thesis: Physics-based and data-driven modeling of multi-active material electrode batteries
    • Next: Tesla

31. Debbie Zhuang, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2024).
    • Thesis: Degradation Mechanisms and Applications in Ion Intercalation Materials
    • Next: Samsung Research

Research Scientists
1. Juner Zhu (Research Scientist, 2020-2022) Li-ion battery mechanics, second-life, machine learning. Next: Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2. Daniel Cogswell (Research Scientist, 2019-2021) Li-ion batteries and acoustics, experiments and modeling, D3BATT.
3. Mohammad Mirzadeh (Senior Postdoc 2018-2020, Postdoc 2015-2018) Electrokinetics in porous media.
4. Peng Bai (Research Scientist 2015-2017, Postdoc 2012-2014) Li-ion and Li-metal batteries. Next: Assistant Professor, Washington University, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Postdocs
1. Wei Li (2022-2023) Phase-field modeling, machine learning.
2. Neel Nadkarni (2017-2020) Battery chemomechanics.
3. Amin Amooie (2018-2020) Flow in porous media. Next: Senior Research Scientist, University of Wyoming
4. Tao Gao (2017-2020) Electrokinetic fingering, lithium plating on graphite. Next: Assistant Professor, University of Utah
5. Tingtao Zhou (2019-2020) Freezing of electrolytes in nanopores.
6. Arash Sayyah (2016-2018) Electrostatic projection of ceramic grains.
7. Yossi Cohen (2014-2015) Electrocapillary phenomena in porous media.
8. Ji-Hyung Han (2012-2015) Shock electrodeposition in porous media.
9. Elisha Rejovitsky (2014-2015) Mechanics of Li-ion battery nanoparticles.
10. Jaromir Marek (2014) Desalination.
11. Matthew Suss (2013-2014) Cyclable membraneless H-Br flow battery. Next: Assistant Professor, Techion, Mechanical Engineering
12. Venkat Viswanathan (2013-2014) Li-Br-seawater flow battery. Next: Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering
13. Antonio Bertei, SOFC modeling.
14. Sourav Padhy (2013-2014) Electrodeposition.
15. Daosheng Deng (2010-2014) Shock electrodialysis experiments. Next: Harvard.
16. Birger Horstmann (2012, coadvised by Y. Shao-Horn) Phase-field modeling of Li-air batteries. Next: professor at Helmholtz Institute Ulm.
17. Dan Cogswell. (2010-2012) Phase-field modeling of Li-ion batteries.
18. Ali Mani. (2011) Nonlinear electrokinetics, desalination shocks. Next: Assistant Professor, Stanford, Mechanical Engineering.
19. Markus Schmuck. (2009-2011) Homogenization analysis of ion transport in porous media. Next: Imperial College London.
20. Chien-Chih Huang . (2007-2009) Induced-charge electro-osmosis, microfluidic pumps. MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. (Co-advised by Prof. T. Thorsen, Mechanical Enginering.)
21. Jeremy Levitan (2007). Applications of nonlinear electrokinetics in microfluidic devices. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
22. Gogi Singh (2006-2007). Modeling lithium rechargeable batteries. Center for Materials Science and Engineering (IRG IV).
23. Yuxing Ben (2004-2005). Simulation and design of ICEO-based microfluidic devices.

Visiting Graduate Students
1. Pierfrancesco Ombrini, Ph.D. student, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2023-2024
2. Gerrit Ipers , Ph.D. student, Aachen University, 2022
3. Alexander Sapp , M.S. student, Technical University of Munich, 2022.
4. Nicholas Williams Ph.D. student, Imperial College London, 2022
5. Tammo Schwietert, Ph.D. student, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2022
6. Marko Tesanovic, Ph.D. student, TU Munich, Germany, 2022
7. Gregor Essert , Ph.D. student, TU Munich, Germany, 2022
8. Jialong Liu , Ph.D. student, University of Science and Technology of China, 2020
9. Yu Han, PhD student, Tsinghua University, 2019
10. Aymar de Lichtervelde, MS Wageningen, Netherlands, 2018.
11. Dennis Cardoen, PhD student, Univ. of Ghent, Belgium, 2015
12. Niek de Klerk, PhD student, TU Delft 2015
13. Mirella Simoes Santos, PhD student. Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014-2016
14. Alexandros Vasileiadis, PhD student, TU Delft 2015
15. Christoffer Nielsen, Tech. Univ. Denmark. Electrodeposition simulation, 2014.
16. Moses Ender, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Battery modeling 2013.
17. Ianis Bernard, U Rennes, ICEO modeling.
18. Mathias Andersen. student from Technical University of Denmark. Desalination simulation. 2011.
19. Costas Anastassiou. Imperial College Department of Bioengineering. summer 2006, Theory of electrochemical sensors.
20. Peng Bai. Tsinghua Univ., automotive engineering. Li-ion battery modeling. 2009-2011
21. Raul Rica. Univ. de Granada, Spain, physics dept. 2009. Electrodiffusiophoresis.

Visiting Postdocs
1. Inge Bellemans, University of Ghent, Belgium, 2018. Corrosion modeling.

Visiting Scientists
1. Masato Yano. Murata, Japan 2023-2024.
2. Matthew Suss. Techion, Israel, 2022.
3. Alexei Kornyshev. Imperial College London, Chemistry. 2017, 2019
4. Isaak Rubinstein. Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2013-2014.
5. Boris Zaltzman. Ben-Gurion University, Israel, Applied Mathematics, 2009-2010.
6. Evgeny Demekhin. Kuban State Univ., Russia. Fall 2010.
7. Henrik Bruus. Technical University of Denmark, Microtechnology. Fall 2010.
8. Brian Storey. Olin College, Mechanical Engineering. 2006-2007.
9. Armand Ajdari. ESPCI, Paris, France. 2005-2006.
10. Arshad Kudrolli. Clark University, Physics. 2003-2007.

M.S. Students
1. Ken Gosier . M.S. in Financial Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University (2002). Thesis: Generalized Black-Scholes models for pricing and hedging options with residual risk.
2. Young Han Lee. M.S. in Applied Mathematics, MIT (2002). Thesis: Noise detection in financial correlation matrices.

Undergraduate Research Assistants
1. Anson Lam (2024) Visiting from Imperical College London.
2. Xiaomian Yang (2023) Visting from Stanford.
3. Nathanael Assefa (2017-2019) Electrokinetics, modeling and simulation. (Super UROP)
4. Kaleigh Hunt (2018) Viscous fingering experiemnts.
5. Rebecca Eisenach (2018) Battery experiments.
6. Danielle-Joy Rodriguez (2018) Battery experiments.
7. Nancy Lu (2014-2016) Desalination experiments. (Super UROP)
8. Wassim Aouad. Desalination experiments, intern from Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal 2012.
9. Joseph Atnafu. (2010) Desalination experiments.
10. Ben Derrett. Cambridge-MIT exchange student. Li-ion battery modeling. (2009-2010)
11. Michael Hess. Undergraduate intern, from Magdeburg, Germany, spring/summer 2009. Modeling lithium intercalation in graphite.
12. Hoyin Au. Undergraduate intern, from Bunker Hill Community College, summer 2009. Modeling Li-ion battery composite electrodes.
13. Jakub Kominiarcz B. S. in Physics, MIT (2007). Senior thesis: Numerical simulations of AC electro-osmotic pumps.
14. Brian Wheeler UROP 2007. Applications of ACEO pumps.
15. Matt Fishburn B. S. in Electrical Engineering, MIT (2007). Advanced Undergraduate Project: Electronics for control of portable electrokinetic microfluidic devices.
16. Kapil Subramanian Undergraduate intern, summer 2007, from Indian Institute of Technology. ACEO experiments (with T. Thorsen).
17. Andrew Jones UROP spring 2007. ACEO experiments (with T. Thorsen).
18. Jeremie Palacci. Undergraduate intern, summer 2005. Visiting from Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon. Thesis: Spot-model simulations of periodic systems.
19. Serginio Sylvain. UROP, Dry Fluids Lab, 2005.
20. Ken Weaver. Undergraduate intern in the MIT Materials Processing Center, summer 2002. Simulations of granular drainage.
21. Camilo Guaqueta. B. S. in Materials Science, MIT (2003) Thesis: Computer simulations of a stochastic model for granular drainage.
22. Mani Mahjouri. B.S. in Mathematics and Economics, MIT (2000). Thesis: Pricing risky derivative securities.

Graduate Research Assistants
1. Laura Gilson Membraneless flow batteries. MIT PhD stduent in Mechanical Engineering), co-advised by Cullen Buie, 2014-2018.
2. Yamini Krishnan. Theory of mixed ion electron transfer, MIT PhD student, Chemical Engineering 2014-2015.
3. Carlos Sauer. Theory of reverse osmosis, MIT PhD student in Mathematics, 2012-2015.

Administrative Assistants
1. Shirley Entziminger , MIT Math, 1998-2008
2. Linda Mousseau , MIT Chemical Engineering, 2008-2014
3. Barbara Balkwill , MIT Chemical Engineering, 2014-2023

Photo Album

Aug. 2024: Left to right: Daniel Markiewitz, Arjun Yennemadi, Michael Li, Yash Samantaray, Matthew Moy, Debbie Zhuang (celebrating her PhD thesis defense), MZB, Amelia Dai, Junghyun Yoon.

May 2024: Front row: Yash Samantaray, Junghyun Yoon, Debbie Zhuang, Amelia Dai,Sam Degnan-Morgenstern, Michael Li, Shakul Pathak; Back row: Chan Gi Kim, Daniel Markiewitz,Huada Lian, Matthew Moy, Young Ko, Xiaochen Du.

Harry Liang's thesis defense: Huada Lian, Arjun Yennemadi, Alex Cohen, Xiaochen Du, Matthew Moy, Chan Gi Kim, Junghyun Yoon, Young Ko, Yash Samantaray, Debbie Zhuang, Amelia Dai, Daniel Markiewitz, Sam Degnan-Morgenstern, Harry Liang, MZB.

Group ski trip 2024, Wachusett Mtn, MA: Shakul Pathak, Sam Degnan-Morgenstern, Yash Samantaray, Alex Cohen, Harry Liang, MZB, IMB.

Group lunch, 2024: Micahel Li, MZB, Amelia Dai, Cristina Crosu, Daniel Markiewitz, Arjun Yennemadi, Emily Krucker-Velasquez, Barath Baskaran, Masato Yano, Suzy Wu, Harry Liang, Pierfrancesco Ombrini, Junghyun Yoon, Alex Cohen, Huada Lian.

Sept. 2021. Top row: Juner Zhu, Dan Cogswell, Spencer Delgado, Huanhuan Tian, Mo Alkhadra, Qiaohao (Harry) Liang, Alex Cohen, Barbara Balkwill, Pedro de Souza, MZB. Bottomw row: Wei Li, Surya Effendy, Mikhailo Flaks (visitor), Debbie Zhuang, Huada Lian.

Group dinner, 2023: Debbie Zhuang, Sam Degnan-Morganstern, MZB, IMB, Xiaomian Yang, Suzy Wu, Arjun Yennemadi, Chan Gi Kim, Michael Li, Cristina Grosu, IRB, LMB, Shakul Pathak, Yash Samantaray.

Group dinner, 2022: Huada Lian, Masato Yano, Debbie Zhuang, Gerrit Ipers, Siqi (Suzy) Wu, Daniel Markiewitz, Xiaochen Du, Huanhuan Tian, Shakul Pathak, Qiaohaoi (Harry) Liang, Mo Alkhadra, Michael Li, Alex Sapp, Dan Cogswell.

Jaffa, Israel, 2022: Emily Krucker-Velasquez, Pedro de Souza, MZB, Daniel Markiewitz.

Stanford (SLAC) visit, 2022: Michael Li, Alex Cohen, MZB, Huada Lian, Shakul Pathak, Yash Samantaray, Debbie Zhuang.

D3BATT dinner 2022.

Group ski trip 2018, Sunapee, NH. Liam B, Aymar de Lichtervelde, Pedro de Souza, Zongyu Gu, Martin B, Supratim Das, Isabella B

Group dinner 2018. Pedro de Souza, Kameron Conforti, Surya Effendy, MZB, Tao Gao, Neel Nadkarni, Aymar de Lichtervelde, Michael McEldrew, Supratim Das, Tingtao (Edmond) Zhou.

Mt. Monadnock, New Hampshire, 2017: Hongbo Zhao, Pedro de Souza, Joey Gu, Supratim Das, Laura Glison, Amir Levy.

Bazant Research Group 2017. Left (top to bottom): Peng Bai, Ray Smith, Mohammad Mirzadeh, Amir Levy, Fan He, Laura Gilson, Yamini Krishnan; Middle: Zongyu (Joey) Gu, Kameron Conforti, Juhyun Song, Hongbo Zhao, Pedro de Souza; Right: Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Edwin Khoo, Tingtao (Edmond) Zhao, Arash Sayyed, Michael McEldrew, Supratim Das, Martin Bazant Absent: Truong (Wesley) Cai.

Group potluck 2017. Amir Levy, Pedro de Souza, Zongyu (Joey) Gu, Neel Nadkarni, Kameron Conforti, MZB, Barbara Balkwill, Michael McEldrew, Laura Gilson, Edwin Khoo, Hongbo Zhao.

Bazant Research Group 2013. Front: Ji-Hyung Han, MZB, Edwin Khoo, Ray Smith, Daosheng Deng, Yeqing Fu. Back: Sourav Padhy, Yi Zeng, Barbara Balkwill, Sven Schlumpberger, Evan Piephoff, Matt Suss, Todd Ferguson, Will Braff, Dan Cogswell. Absent: Matthew Pinson, Juhyun Song, Ianis Bernard.

Bazant Research Group 2011. Front: Linda Mousseau, Yeqing Fu, Daosheng Deng. Back: Dan Cogswell, Todd Ferguson, Sven Schlumpberger, MZB, Juhyun Song, Ali Mani, Will Braff Absent: Matthew Pinson.

Bazant Research Group 2010. Front: Daosheng Deng, Linda Mousseau, Yeqing Fu; Back: Mathias Andersen, Xiaochuan Yang, Matthew Pinson, Ben Derrett, Todd Ferguson, Martin Bazant, Peng Bai, Henrik Bruus. Absent: Boris Zaltzman, Dan Cogswell, Markus Schmuck, Joseph Atnafu.

Group dinner 2007: Gogi Singh, Yee Lok Wong, Ken Kamrin, MZB, Chris Rycroft, Kapil Subramanian

Celebrating the PhD of Chris Rycroft on the Boston Blues Barge 2007.

Group lunch 2006. Kenny Karmin, MZB, Sabri Kilic, Damian Burch, and Chris Rycroft.

Group candlepin bowling 2005 (clockwise from top left): Jean-Christophe Nave, Jeremy Levitan, Jeremie Palacci, Kevin Chu, Ken Kamrin, Yuxing Ben, Jaehyuk Choi, Chris Rycroft, and MZB.

Group dinner 2003 (clockwise from center left): Kevin Chu, Jeremy Levitan, Chris Rycroft, Jaehyuk Choi, Ruben Rosales, Dionisios Margetis, and MZB.

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