sadowaygroup

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Professor Donald R. Sadoway John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry Room 8-203, 617.253.3487, dsadoway@mit.edu Ph.D., Chemical Metallurgy, University of Toronto, 1977 M.A.Sc., Chemical Metallurgy, University of Toronto, 1973 B.A.Sc., Engineering Science, University of Toronto, 1972 Professor Sadoway's Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Antoine Allanore Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, allanore@mit.edu Lab: 8-035, 617.452.2383 Research Engineer, ArcelorMittal, France, 2004-2009 Ph.D., Electrochemical Engineering, LRGP/ENSIC-Nancy, France, 2007 M.Sc. and B.Sc., Chemical Process Engineering, ENSIC-Nancy, France, 2004 Research Activity: Steel Production by Molten Oxide Electrolysis
Mr. Sal Barriga Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, salb@mit.edu B.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Research Project: Modelling of a Liquid Battery
Mr. Sam Bauman Research Intern Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, baumans@mit.edu Research Project: Molten Oxide Electrolysis
Dr. Dane A. Boysen Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-211, 617.715.4768, boysen@mit.edu Ph.D., Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 2004 M.S., Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, 2001 B.S., Ceramic Engineering, University of Washington, 1997 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Dr. David Bradwell Visiting Scientist Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, bradwell@mit.edu Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2010 M.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2006 B.Sci., Engineering Physics, Queen's University, 2005 Research Project: High-amperage Rechargeable Battery for Stationary Energy Storage Applications
Dr. Paul Burke Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253-8468, burkep@mit.edu Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Dalhousie University, 2011 MASc., Materials Engineering, Dalhousie University, 2007 B.Eng., Materials Engineering, Dalhousie University, 2006 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Dr. Antonio Caputo Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-229, 617.452.3524, tcaputo@mit.edu Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 2010 B.A.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 2002 Hon. B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Toronto, 1998 Research Project: Lithium Ion Batteries
Mr. Victor Cary Undergraduate majoring in Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-229, 571.286.1779, vcary@mit.edu Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Ms. Kavita Chandra Undergraduate majoring in Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-229, 850.445.1232, chandrak@mit.edu Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Dr. Brice Chung Visiting Scientist Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, chungb@mit.edu Masters, Renewable Energy Mines Paris Tech., 2010 Ph.D., Physics, Universite Paris Sud, 2009 B.S., Physics, Universite Joseph Fourier, 2005 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Mr. Qichao Hu Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Physics, Harvard Room 4-217, 617.253.8468 qichaohu@mit.edu B.Sci., Physics, MIT, 2007 Research Projects: Thin-film Polymer Solar Battery. High-temperature Solid State Battery
Dr. Kai Jiang Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-211, 617.715.4768, kjiang@mit.edu Visiting Scholar, Auburn University, 2007-2009 Ph.D., Electrochemistry, Wuhan University, China, 2006 BSc., Chemistry, Wuhan University, China, 1999 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Dr. Hojong Kim Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-211, 617.715.4768, hojong@mit.edu Senior Research Engineer, Samsung, Korea, 2009 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2004 B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, 2000 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Ms. Erica Lai Undergraduate majoring in Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-229, 617.252.1511, elai@mit.edu Research Project: Molten Oxide Electrolysis
Ms. Alexandrea Mellen Undergraduate majoring in Computer Science, BU Room 4-229, 603.498.2842, amellen@mit.edu Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Ms. Olivia Mello Undergraduate majoring in Physics, MIT 774.644.3844, olivame@mit.edu Research Project: Molten Oxide Electrolysis for Steelmaking
Dr. Ulrich Muecke Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, umuecke@mit.edu Chief Engineer, ReVolt Technology, Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland 2007-2010 Ph.D., Materials Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, 2007 Dipl.-Ing, Chemical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2003 Research Activity: Liquid Metal Batteries
Ms. Jocelyn Newhouse Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, jocelynn@mit.edu B.A., Chemistry, Grinnell College, 2008 Area of Interest: Off-Grid Storage of Renewable Energy
Dr. Luis Ortiz Visiting Scientist Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, wolff@mit.edu Sc.D. Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2000 S.B. Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 1996 Research Projects: Solid-State Batteries for Extreme Temperature Service, Supervalent Battery
Dr. Takanari Ouchi Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, t_ouchi@mit.edu Ph.D. Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering, Waseda University, 2011 M.S. Nano-Science and Nano-Engineering, Waseda University, 2008 B.S. Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, 2007 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Ms. Sophie Poizeau Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, spoizeau[at]mit.edu Graduate Degree in Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris, France Area of interest: Production of Oxygen on the Moon Through Electrolysis of Molten Lunar Regolith
Mr. John Rogosic M.S. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-229, 617.851.4811, jrogosic@mit.edu B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2008 B.S., Comparative Media Studies, MIT, 2008 Research Project: Supervalent Ion Battery
Ms. Hilary Sheldon Administrative Assistant Room 8-201, 617.253.3279, hsheldon@mit.edu B.A., History, Colby College, 1980
Mr. Brian Spatocco Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, spatocco@mit.edu M.Phil., Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise, University of Cambridge, 2009 B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, 2008 Research Interests: Portable Li-Based Batteries, Off-Grid Energy Storage Solutions
Dr. Gregory Thompson Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, gregt@mit.edu Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 B.Sc., Engineering Physics, Queen's University, 2005 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Dr. Kangli Wang Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-211, 617.715.4768, klwang@mit.edu Postdoc, Materials Engineering, Auburn University, 2007-2010 Ph.D. Electrochemistry, Wuhan University, China, 2007 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Dr. Weifeng Wei Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-211, 617.715.4768 Ph.D., Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, 2008 MSc., Materials Science, Central South University, China, 2003 BSc., Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, China, 2000 Research Project: Liquid Metal Batteries
Ms. Lauren Wolinsky Administrative Assistant Room 8-201, 617.715.4716, lwolin@mit.edu
Dr. Lan Yin Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253-8468, lanyin@mit.edu Lab: 8-035, 617.452.2383 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011 B.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2007 Research Activity: Steel Production by Molten Oxide Electrolysis
Dr. James Yurko Research Affiliate Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2001 B.S.E., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 1997 Area of Interest: Industrialization of Molten Oxide Electrolysis