Ekaterina Pomerantseva
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Ekaterina Pomerantseva started her appointment as an Assistant Professor at Drexel University in 2013 and was named as Anne Stevens Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in 2015. Prior to joining Drexel she held postdoctoral appointments in the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland College Park (2010 – 2013) and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo (2009 – 2010). She has co-authored over 45 journal papers. In 2016, she received the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Energy Technologies Award, which is presented for notable and outstanding research in the field of smart energy technologies. Her research interests lie in the development and characterization of novel nanostructured materials for electrochemical systems, such as energy storage and water treatment devices, with the goal to better understand intercalation-based processes at nanoscale.

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Ryan Andris
PhD Student

Ryan previously obtained is master’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas and his bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh. Previous research experience includes modeling methane hydrate growth mechanisms in shallow oceanic basins and using sediment cores to reconstruct climate patterns from the late Quaternary Period. He is currently working to synthesize new cathode materials to serve in next generation lithium-ion and beyond lithium-ion batteries. In his free time, Ryan like to ski when there’s snow and cycle when there’s not.

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Timofey Averianov
PhD Student

Tim is a 1st year PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering. He currently works on understanding heterointerface behavior in bilayered vanadium oxide and using MXenes to develop high-energy cathodes for potassium-ion batteries. In his free time, Tim likes skiing, biking, cooking, playing the piano, and working on various electronics projects.

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Xinle (Leo) Zhang
PhD Student

Leo is a 1st-year graduate student in Materials Science & Engineering. His current work focuses on synthesizing, characterizing, and testing 2D bilayer vanadium oxide cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Leo likes hiking and listening to music in his free time.

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Faye Nourollahi
PhD Student

Faye Nourollahi received her BS and MS from UC San Diego in the field of biology. She has extensive experience in biotechnology, scientific writing and editing, and has served as an adjunct professor at CUNY in NYC. Her PhD project is focused on developing thin films used in medical devices. In her spare time, she enjoys reading science fiction and cooking.

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Cyra Gallano
BS/MS Student

Cyra is a third year undergraduate student pursuing her BS and MS in materials science. Her work in the group consists of synthesizing high performance vanadium oxide electrodes for batteries. In her free time she likes to listen to audiobooks and cook.

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Darrell Omo-Lamai
BS/MS Student

Darrell is a pre-junior currently pursuing a BS/MS in Materials Science and Engineering and a minor in Data Science. He previously worked on characterizing the microstructure of additively manufactured alloys during Drexel’s STAR Scholars Program. His current research focuses on the synthesis of layered titanate cathodes for battery applications.

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Kiet Tran
Undergraduate Coop Student

Kiet is a junior student pursuing a BS/MS degree in Chemical Engineering. His current research project focuses on characterizing electrode coating layers for biomedical implant applications, which involves sputter deposition and electrochemical measurements to determine the charge storage capacity of the coating materials. He likes cooking, listening to the news, and reading books in his free time.

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Juan Cruz
Undergraduate STAR Student

Juan is a first year undergraduate student and pursuing his degree in environmental science. He is also in the STAR Scholars program and is spending his summer 2022 working on the research project to synthesize a oxide/carbon heterostructure cathode with improved electronic conductivity to serve in lithium-ion batteries. In his free time, Juan likes to watch TV and train in martial arts.

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Raymond Zhang (M.S., 2022)

Michael Barsoum (M.S., 2021)

Phillip Ridley (M.S., 2020)

Sarah Culbert (M.S., 2019)

Adam Blickley (M.S., 2018)

Patrick West (M.S., 2018)