Rohan Akolkar

• Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
• Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation,
• Ohio Eminent Scholar in Advanced Energy Research, and
• Chief Scientist - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Joint Appointment)

Email: rna3@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrodeposition (Zn, Li) for battery applications
• Electrodeposition and electroless-deposition for nanoscale Cu interconnect metallization
• Electrochemical growth of amorphous alloys
• Electrometallurgy of multivalent metals, including titanium

Nicholas Sinclair

• Research Engineer, and
• Adjunct Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Email: nss20@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrochemical energy storage
• Sustainable manufacturing
• Critical material recycling

Sam Sankar

Postdoctoral Scholar

Email:sxs3159@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrodeposition of lithium

• Advanced energy storage in extreme conditions

Theodore Phung

Graduate Student Researcher, Doctoral Candidate

Email:typ2@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrochemical atomic layer deposition (e-ALD) and etching (e-ALE) of metals
• Additives for the suppression of Zn corrosion

Vaishnavi Sree Jeganathan

Graduate Student Researcher, Doctoral Candidate

Email: vxj98@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrochemical atomic layer deposition (e-ALD) of Au

Yuanman Ma

Graduate Student Researcher, Doctoral Candidate

Email: yxm557@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrodeposition of Li and Li battery fabrication

Benjamin Holcombe

Graduate Student Researcher, Doctoral Candidate

Email: bph34@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrodeposition of rare-earth elements
• Electrochemical transport phenomena

Anar Badalbayli

Graduate Student Researcher, Doctoral Candidate

Email: axb1630@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electrodeposition of iron in molten salts

Christian Kellamis

Graduate Student Researcher, Doctoral Candidate

Email: cjk167@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Nuclear fuel reprocessing

Alex Siegel

Undergraduate Research Student

Email: aws108@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Non-carbothermic molten salt electrolysis for aluminum electrowinning

Rebecca Shick

Undergraduate Research Student

Email:rns80@case.edu

Research Interests:

• Electroless deposition of silver onto copper
• Reactive sputtering of ruthenium oxide