Postdocs
All potential Postdoctoral researchers are welcome to contact me directly with a short email explaining your interests. I’m also more than happy to work with you on a fellowship application if you have one in mind.
The Global Postdoctoral Fellowship is open and we are able to support an individual from the EU through this program: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-opens-eu417-million-call-for-postdoctoral-fellowships
PhD Positions
Currently looking for a PhD candidate to start September 2024. The application is due by 6/1/2024. Please reach out to me directly.
The global effort to minimize energy scarcity using clean, renewable energy requires both intense fundamental scientific understanding and trailblazing industrial commercialization – and the goal for PhD students is to come out with the ability and confidence to lead such efforts. PhD students will gain experience in operation of key battery fabrication and electrochemical test equipment, and materials characterization tools. Students from diverse and interdisciplinary backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.
Some points of clarification: you get *paid* to do a PhD, and in choosing a PhD program, your future thesis advisor matters most, because you will be working on research projects in their lab for 5 years. Battery research labs can be found in any engineering department, most commonly in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, and sometimes chemical engineering. Even more freedom and flexibility can be obtained if you receive an external fellowship such as the NSF GRFP, NDSEG, or PD Soros Fellowships for graduate students, and I am happy to provide support on proposal writing and submission. I hope to welcome you to my research group and to the Drexel campus soon!
Undergrads and Master’s Students
Any undergrads and Master’s students who want to have fun making, breaking and understanding batteries are encouraged to email me directly for potential projects (approx. expectation of 5-8 hours during academic year, full-time during summer). If you are in the process of ”figuring things out” – I am always happy to chat.
The Drexel MEM MS program aims to connect continued graduate studies with real world experience through the graduate co-op program, more info found online: https://drexel.edu/engineering/academics/graduate-programs/masters/mechanical-engineering/
