Team
P.I. | Postdoctoral Researchers | Students | Alumni
Juner Zhu
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Center for Battery Sustainability
Wei Li
Associate Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, 2019-2022
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2019
B.S., Hunan University, 2014
Wei has been working with Juner since 2020 on a variety of topics covering Li-ion battery safety, data-driven modeling, Scientific Machine Learning, and Li-metal anode. In our group, Wei assists Juner to oversee ALL the research projects and provides technical support to EVERYONE in our group!
Royal Ihuaenyi
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2023
M.S., Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University, 2019
B.S., Kazan National Research Technical University, 2017
Royal leads multiple battery safety-related research projects in our group, specializing in state-of-safety, damage mechanics, polymer testing, and composite materials.
Ruqing Fang
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2023
B.S., Tsinghua University, 2018
As an expert in electro-chemo-mechanics, Ruqing expores the fundamental physics that governs the degradation and failure mechanisms of energy materials ans systems.
Jihun Song
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D., Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), 2023
B.S., Changwon National University, 2017
Jihun is an expert in microstructure-resolved modeling and single-particle electro-chemo-mechanical tests of battery materials.
Junning Jiao
Ph.D. Student
MEng, National University of Singapore, 2022
B.S., Dalian University of Technology, 2021
Junning is working on the electro-chemo-mechanics of lithium plating.
Dhiren Arvind Rathod
Master student
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Material Sciences), Northeastern Univ, expected 2023
B.Sc., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, 2019
Dhiren is developing a multi-signal experimental platform for battery health & safety monitoring.
Yong-Hwan Choi
Visiting scholar
Hyundai Motor Company
Yong-Hwan is working with us on battery safety modeling and management.
Sophie Fallon
Undergraduate student of Chemical Engineering
Sophie is working on a research project on solid-state batteries in the 2023 Fall semester.
Nitinmanish Vallabhu
Undergraduate student of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Nitin is working on foam materials for battery health management.
Lucas Tang
Undergraduate student of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Lucas is working on battery material characterization and developing micro-level tests on single particles with Ruqing.
Vishhal Shashi Kumar
Undergraduate student of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Vishhal is interested in battery safety. Currently, he is assisting Royal to prepare a review article on this topic.
Jiaqing Chen
Undergraduate student of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Jiaqing is working on 4-point bending test of battery cells for our industrial projects.
Undergraduate trainees who are temporarily in their co-ops or have not been assigned to a project yet.
Xinyu Yang, Mech + Industrial Eng, Northeastern Univ.
Ashnu Cassod, Mech + Industrial Eng, Northeastern Univ.
Joseph Griffin, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Northeastern Univ.
Via Adduri, Mech + Industrial Eng, Northeastern Univ.
Alumni
Junlin Luo, Visting undergraduate student, July. 2023 - Sept 2023, currently at Tsinghua
Zonghui Li, Master student, Dec. 2022 - May 2023, currently at Sungrow
Paul Van Trotsenburg, Master student, Oct. 2022 - May 2023, currently at Van Dyk Recycling Solutions
Gerrit Ipers, Visiting Master Student at MIT from RWTH Aachen University, June - Dec. 2022, currently at RWTH Aachen
Avtar Singh, Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, Nov. 2021 - Aug. 2022. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at NREL
Chris Reynolds, Master student at MIT, Oct. 2019 - May 2022
Zhexin Pan, Visiting PhD Student at MIT from Tsinghua, Oct. 2019 - Sept. 2020
Tobias Sedlatschek, Visiting Master Student at MIT from RWTH Aachen University, Nov. 2019 - May 2020, finished M.S. thesis at MIT. Currently a PhD candidate at RWTH Aachen
Marco Miguel Koch, Visiting Master Student at MIT from RWTH Aachen University, Oct. 2018 - April 2019, finished M.S. thesis at MIT. Currently a Senior Consultant at Roland Berger