GROUP ALUMNI

Staff Scientists

Lei Wang

Associate Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Directorate, 2020-2024.
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Directorate, 2018-2020.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stony Brook University, 2016-2018.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2016.
B.S., Chemistry, Shandong University, 2011.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6348-8344

David Bock

Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Directorate, 2021-2024.
Associate Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2019-2021.
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Directorate, 2017-2019.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Energy Sciences Directorate BNL, 2015-2017.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2015.
Chemist, INFICON, 2008-2010.
B.S., summa cum laude, Chemistry, SUNY Geneseo, 2008.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-2387-7791

Lisa Housel

Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Directorate, 2020-2022.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, I:SEE, June-Oct 2020.
Ph.D. , Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2015-2020.
B.S., cum laude, Chemistry and Economics,
Muhlenberg College, 2015.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-8429-5480

Chavis Stackhouse

National Science Foundation MPS Ascend Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Texas A&M University, 2022-2023.
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences Directorate, 2021-2022.
Poster Award, IRACDA Conference 2019.
IRACDA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stony Brook University, 2018-2021.
Ph.D., Materials Chemistry, University of South Florida, 2018.
B.S., Chemistry, University of South Carolina, 2012.

Alyson Abraham

Senior Research Scientist, I:SEE, 2020-2021.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, I:SEE, June-Dec 2020.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2015-2020.
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship recipient, 2017-2018.
B.A., magna cum laude, in Chemistry, SUNY College at Old Westbury, 2015.
A.A., Fine Art, Academy of Art University, 2007.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Ryan Hill

Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory, 2025-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, I:SEE, Stony Brook University, 2023-2025.
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2023.
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-7330-3091

Calvin Quilty

Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory, 2024-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, I:SEE, Stony Brook University, 2022-2024.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2021.
M.S., Chemistry, Illinois State University, 2015.
B.S., summa cum laude, Chemistry , Illinois State University, 2013.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-0294-6815

Garrett Wheeler

Manager of Electrochemistry and Battery Analytics , Iontra LLC, 2024-present.
Electrochemical Researcher, Iontra LLC , 2021-2024.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory , 2019-2021.
Ph.D., Materials Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 2018.
B.S., Chemistry, Colorado State University, 2013.

Qiyuan Wu

Senior Researcher, Air Company, 2022-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2019-2022.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2017-2019.
Ph.D., Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2017.
B.E., magna cum laude, Engineering Science, Stony Brook University, 2012.
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, 2012.

Paul Smith

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Valparaiso University, 2018-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stony Brook University, 2016-2018.
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Rutgers University, 2015.
B.S., magna cum laude, Chemistry and Mathematics, Gettysburg College, 2010.

Altug Poyraz

Principal Starlink Engineer, SpaceX, 2025-present.
Packaging R&D Engineer and Manager, Intel Corporation, 2022-2025.
Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Kennesaw State University, 2017-2021.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stony Brook University, 2015-2017.
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 2014.
M.S. Bilkent University, 2009.
B.S. Bilkent University, 2007.

Christopher Pelliccone

Senior Manager, Pratt & Whitney, 2024-present.
Senior Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, 2016-2024.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stony Brook University, 2015-2016.
Ph.D., Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2015.
B.S., Physics, University at Hartford, 2010.

Graduate Students

Zhongling Wang

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd) Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, 2020-2025.
B.E., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Ocean University of China, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0003-3126-6189

Edelmy Marin Bernardez

Ph.D., Chemistry, 2020-2025.
BNL Joanna Fowler Award recipient 2024.
Turner Conference Travel Award recipient 2024.
SUNY GREAT Award recipient 2023.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient 2022.
Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Fellowship recipient 2021.
Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship recipient 2020.
B.S., magna cum laude, Chemistry (ACS Certified), Xavier University of Louisiana, 2019.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-9498-4247

Steven (Tyler) King

Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2019-2024.
Chemistry Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student, 2024.
B.S., Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-8913-0423

Gurpreet Singh

Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University 2018-2023.
B.S., Chemistry, Fordham University, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-7357-488X

Jason Kuang

Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2019-2023.
B.S./M.S., magna cum laude, Chemistry, St. John's University , 2019.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-7751-7698

Daren Wu

Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University, 2023-present
Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2018-2023.
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Harbin University, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0001-7947-9066

Mallory Vila

Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2018-2023.
B.S., Chemistry, University of Florida Gainesville, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-8745-1159

Patrick West

Materials Research Engineer, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2023-2025.
Postdoctoral Researcher, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 2023-2025.
Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2018-2022.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award recipient 2018, 2020.
B.S./M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Drexel University, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-8717-9538

Nahian Sadique

Staff Scientist, Urban Electric Power, 2024-present.
Staff Scientist, Next Gen Lithium, 2023-2024.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2018-2023.
B.S., Chemistry, Fordham University, 2018.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6830-9237

Alison McCarthy

National Research Council Research Fellow, US Naval Research Laboratory, 2024-present.
Penn's Provost Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2024.
Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2017-2022.
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship recipient, 2018-2020.
B.S., cum laude, Mechanical Engineering , The College of New Jersey, 2017.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-1552-9797

Mikaela Dunkin

Principal Materials and Process Engineer, Northrup Grumman, 2023-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stony Brook University, 2022-2023.
Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2017-2022.
Renate Chasman Award recipient 2021.
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship recipient, 2018-2020.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award recipient 2017-2019.
B.A., summa cum laude, Physics and Biochemistry, Central College, 2016.
ORCiD: 0000-0003-0328-0020

Genesis Renderos

Document Compliance Specialist, Independent Chemical Corporation, 2024-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lehigh University, 2022-2023.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017-2022.
Turner Dissertation Fellow 2020-2021.
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship recipient, 2018-2019.
Ferguson Merit Award recipient 2017-2018.
B.S., magna cum laude, Chemistry, St. Peter's University, 2017.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6237-3625

Wenzao Li

Research Scientist, Freudenberg e-Power Systems, 2023-present.
Hibbit Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brown University, 2022-2023.
Ph.D. , Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017-2022.
B.S.E., Materials Science & Engineering, Shandong University, 2017.
ORCiD: 0000-0003-3098-6870

Chris Tang

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Maryland, 2022-present.
Ph.D., Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2017-2022.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF) recipient 2019.
B.S., magna cum laude, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Arizona, 2017.
ORCiD: 0000-0002-6512-7104

Diana Lutz

Battery Scientist II, Ion Storage Systems, 2022-present.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017-2022.
BNL Joanna Fowler Award recipient 2021.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF) recipient 2019.
B.S., summa cum laude, Chemistry, Elmira College, 2017.

Chris Kern

Scientist, ActNano, 2024-present.
Scientist and Engineer, Ionic Materials, 2021-2024.
M.S., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2019-2021.
B.S., magna cum laude, Chemistry, Stockton University, 2019.

Killian Tallman

Battery Engineer and Team Lead, Abermarle Corporation, 2021-present.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University 2016-2021.
B.S., cum laude, Chemistry, Hartwick College, 2016.

Andrea Bruck

Senior Scientist, DuPont, 2021-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Northeastern University, 2019- 2020.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2014-2019.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient.
American Crystallography Association Etter Student Lecturer award recipient.
American Crystallography Association Student Travel award recipient.
Electrochemical Society Student Travel award recipient.
B.S., Chemistry, Illinois State University, 2014.

Bingjie Zhang

Senior Chemist, Behr Paint Company, 2022-present.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chapman University, 2019-2022.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2014-2019.
Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship recipient.
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering , Donghua University, 2014.

Alexander (Sandy) Brady

Application Development Engineer, Applied Materials, 2022-present.
Applications Engineer, Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology, 2021-2022.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2018-2021.
Ph.D., Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2013-2018.
Graduate Council Fellowship recipient.
B.S., magna cum laude, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, 2013.

Matthew Huie

Process Engineer, LAM Research, 2018-present.
Ph.D., Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2013-2018.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient.
B.S., summa cum laude, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2013.

Jiefu Yin

Radiation Safety Officer, Cornell University, 2022-present.
Manager, Cornell Energy Systems Institute, 2018-2022.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2013-2018.
Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship recipient.
K.M. Abraham Travel Grant recipient, The Electrochemical Society.
Sigma Xi Travel Award recipient.
M.S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 2013.
B.S., Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 2010.

Jianping Huang

Battery Materials Scientist, Apple, 2022-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2018-2022.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2013-2018.
SBU Presidential Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students recipient.
Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship recipient.
B.S., Materials Chemistry, Nankai University, 2013.

Yiman Zhang

Scientist, Honda Research Institute USA, 2020-present
Postdoctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2017-2020.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017.
M.S., Organic Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2012.
B.S., Chemistry, Henan Normal University, 2009.

Christina Cama

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, St. Cloud State University, 2017-present.
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017.
B.S., Chemistry, Hofstra University, 2012.

Qing Zhang

Postdoctoral Associate, Kostas Research Institute, LLC (KRI) of Northeastern University, 2018-present.
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2017.
B.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, 2012.

YueRu (Norton) Li

Software Engineer, JP Morgan and Chase, 2020-present.
Ph.D Researcher, BETTERGY CORP., 2017-2020.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017.
B.S., Chemistry, The City College of New York (CUNY), 2011.
A.S., Math and Science, LaGuardia Community College, 2008.

Jessica Durham Macholz

Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, 2019-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory, 2017-2019.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2017.
M.S., Chemistry, Illinois State University, 2012.
B.S., Chemistry, Illinois State University, 2010.

Rachel DeMayo

Process Engineer, Lam Research, 2021-present.
High School Science Teacher, NYC Department of Education, 2019-2021.
M.Ed., Education, Pace University, 2017-2019.
M.S., Chemistry, Stony Brook University, 2016.
B.S. and B.A., Chemistry and Biology, University of Buffalo, 2013.

Undergraduate Students

Adora Goodluck

Xavier University of Louisiana

Sarah Hill

Valparaiso University, Chemistry and History

Linda Liu

Stony Brook University, Chemical and Molecular Engineering

Anthony Notartomaso

Stony Brook University, Chemical and Molecular Engineering

Samantha Chauvert

Farmingdale State College, Mechanical Engineering Technologies (2020 - present)

Riley Hershberger

The College of Wooster, Chemistry (2020 - present)

Hafsa Mohamed

University of Rochester, Chemistry (2020 - present)

Ciara O'Connor

The College of Wooster, Chemistry (2020 - present)

James Pousson

SUNY New Paltz, Mechanical Engineering (2020 - present)

Melanie Brito

Analog Devices, Process Sustaining Engineer (2023-present)
Stony Brook University, M.S. Chemical and Molecular Engineering (2023)
Stony Brook University, B.S. Chemical and Molecular Engineering (2022)

Olivia Bennett

Northwestern University, Ph.D. Student, Chemistry (2023-present)
Tufts University, Chemistry with a Minor in Physics (2023)

Katherine Thompson

Pennslyvania State University, Ph.D. Student, Chemistry (2020-present)
Mansfield University, Chemistry (2020)

Liana Gerhardt

Solvoy Specialty Polymers (2019-present)
Kennesaw State University, Chemistry (2019)

Brianna Hoff

Princeton University, Ph.D. student, Chemistry (2020-present)
UMass Lowell B.S. Chemistry student (2020)

Nick Stavinski

SUNY at Buffalo, Ph. D. student, Chemistry (2019-present)
Muhlenberg College B.S. Chemistry (2019)

Karen Li

University of Washington Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering (2020-present)
City College of New York B.S. Chemical Engineering (2020)

Cara Gannett

Du Pont, Senior Scientist (2022-present)
Cornell University Ph.D. Chemistry (2022)
SUC Geneseo B.S. Chemistry (2017)

Hannah Kline

Muhlenberg College B.S. Chemistry (2019)

Julia Reilly

LeMoyne College B.S. Chemistry (2020)

Luke Holtzman

Columbia University Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering (2020-present)
SUNY College at Geneseo B.S. Chemistry (2019)

Veronica Burnett

Hewlett Packard, MEMS Processing and Integration Engineering (2021-present)
University of Chicago M.S. Molecular Engineering (2019)
Stony Brook University B.S. Chemical Engineering (2017)