Experience

Northwestern University Materials Science and Engineering Department

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher - Hersam Research Group

  • May 2021 - Present

  • Designed ultra-filtration technique for graphene dispersions, improving graphene content in dispersion by ~25 wt%. • Developed new method for extracting solvent-polymer solutions from nanomaterial dispersions and reusing them in liquid-phase exfoliation through cross-flow ultra-filtration and diafiltration. • Led project investigating ultra-sonication and high-shear mixing of graphite intercalation compounds and expanded graphite, increasing lab-scale graphene yield by ~20%. • Processed over 20L of graphene dispersions by liquid-phase exfoliation and centrifugation. Formulated printable graphene inks. Show less



NanoGraf Corporation

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research And Development Intern

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Designed and led project to implement a new coating for silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries, stabilizing the pH of the anode slurry and improving its volume expansion by ~75%. • Characterized and analyzed the composition and surface features of over 50 samples of active materials for silicon anodes using XPS and SEM. • Designed and led project to implement a new coating for silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries, stabilizing the pH of the anode slurry and improving its volume expansion by ~75%. • Characterized and analyzed the composition and surface features of over 50 samples of active materials for silicon anodes using XPS and SEM.