sadowaygroup

meet the team
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
Mr. Ken Avery Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, chacha@mit.edu Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT B.S., Materials Science, University of Arizona, 1998 B.A., English, University of Arizona, 1992 Research Project: The Role of Phase Transformations in the Performance of Cathode-active Materials in Lithium Batteries
Mr. Sal Barriga Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, salb@mit.edu Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT B.A., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Research Project: Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Double Layer Ultracapacitor
Mr. David Bradwell Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, bradwell@mit.edu Ph.D. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT 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. Chanaka de Alwis Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, dealwisc@mit.edu Ph.D., Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, 1999 M.S., Chemistry, Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow, 1995 B.S., Chemistry, Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow, 1993 Area of Interest: Electrochemical Extraction of Titanium in Oxide Melts
Dr. Mirela-Anca Dragan Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, mdragan@mit.edu Ph.D., Chemistry, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), 2006 M.Sc., Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry; Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, 1998 B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania Area of Interest: The Electrode Kinetics and Transport Phenomena Associated with the Electrosynthesis of Titanium Powder from TiO and TiO2 Dissolved in Molten Salt
Mr. Peer Hofstra B.S. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Room 4-217, 505.913.9916, phofstra@mit.edu Research Project: Improvement of Silver Electrode Performance in Ag/Zn Storage Cells
Dr. Xiaobo Ji Postdoctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, xji@mit.edu Ph.D., Chemistry, Oxford University, 2007 M.S., Chemistry, Wuhan University, 2004 B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, 2001 Research Project: Ultracapacitor
Dr. Wentao Li Post-doctoral Associate Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, wentli@mit.edu B.S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 2000 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 2006 Research Project: Sputtering Thin Film Electrode for Energy Storage
Dr. Luis Ortiz Visiting Research 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
Ms. Sophie Poizeau Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, spoizeau[at]mit.edu M.S. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Graduate Degree in Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris, France Area of interest: Production of Oxygen on the Moon Through Electrolysis of Molten Lunar Regolith
Dr. Aislinn Sirk Post-doctoral Associate Room 4-007/4-217, 617.253.8468, asirk@mit.edu Ph.D., Electrochemistry, University of Calgary, 2004 B.Sc., Chemistry/Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, 1999 Research Project: Electrolysis of Molten Lunar Regolith to Produce Oxygen
Mr. Alex Vai Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, 508.395.3126, atvai@mit.edu B.S. candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Research Project: Direct Electrolysis of Molten Lunar Regolith for Oxygen Production
Dr. Hongxia (Jane) Zhou Visiting Scientist Room 4-217, 617.253.8468, hxzhou@mit.edu Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Toledo, 2005 M.S., Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum Institute, 1999 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Daquing Petroleum Institute, 1994 Research Projects: Polymer Electrolytes; study of cathode material for Ag/Zn battery
Mr. Guenter Arndt Technician Room 4-046, 617.324.4079 garndt@comcast.net
Ms. Hilary Sheldon Administrative Assistant Room 8-201, 617.253.3279, hsheldon@mit.edu B.A., History, Colby College, 1980