Key Researchers | Case School of Engineering | Case Western Reserve University

Robert Savinell

Case Western Reserve University
BEES EFRC Director
BEES Research Integration Officer
Phone: 216-368-2728
Email: rfs2@case.edu

Expert in electrochemical engineering and simulation as well as experimental studies of electrode processes.

Role in BEES: Micro-electrode voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of electron transfer reactions.

Rohan Akolkar

Case Western Reserve University
BEES EFRC Deputy Director
Phone: 216-368-4151
Email: rohan.akolkar@case.edu

Leader in electrochemistry and electrodeposition experimental and mechanistic studies.

Role in BEES: Electrodeposition and in-situ spectroscopic studies.

Clemens Burda

Case Western Reserve University
Phone: 216-368-5918
Email: burda@case.edu

Leader in fields of fast laser spectroscopy.

Role in BEES: Solvation dynamics by Laser Spectroscopy. IR/Raman and fluorescence up-conversion measurements.

Tessa Calhoun

The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Phone: 865-974-3685
Email: trcalhoun@utk.edu

Expert in ultrafast lasers and advanced nonlinear optical microscopy techniques.

Role in BEES: Ultrafast spectroscopy studies of SNPs.

Mark Dadmun

The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Phone: 865-974-6582
Email: dad@utk.edu

Expert in scattering techniques and computational chemistry to enable design of multi-component polymeric materials.

Role in BEES: DES structure characterization by neutron scattering techniques, inelastic neutron scattering.

Steven Greenbaum

Hunter College
Phone: 212-772-4973
Email: steve.greenbaum@hunter.cuny.edu

Expert in spectroscopic studies of disordered solids by magnetic resonance and synchrotron X- ray absorption.

Role in BEES: Studies of transport mechanisms in DES by FFCNMR and NMR.

Burcu Gurkan

Case Western Reserve University
BEES Thrust 1 (DES) Lead
Phone: 216-368-4182
Email: beg23@case.edu

Expert in electrode-electrolyte interactions and ionic liquids.

Role in BEES: DES synthesis, physicochemical and thermal property measurements, and solvation spectroscopy

Edward Maginn

University of Notre Dame
BEES Thrust 1 (DES) Deputy Lead
Phone: 574-631-5687
Email: ed@nd.edu

Expert in molecular simulation and statistical mechanical analysis of ionic liquids and one of the developers for the materials genome.

Role in BEES: Force field development for DES, MD simulations of physical properties and EW predictions.

Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park

Columbia University
BEES Thrust 2 (SNP) Co-Lead
Phone: 212-854-8989
Email: ap2622@columbia.edu

World leader in novel organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials for carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

Role in BEES: Design and synthesis of ionically conductive NOHM.

Emily Pentzer

Texas A&M University
Phone: 979-458-6688
Email: emilypentzer@tamu.edu

Expert in synthesis of nanostructured materials and emulsions.

Role in BEES: Synthesis of DES.

Joshua Sangoro

The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Phone: 865-974-4395
Email: jsangoro@utk.edu

Expert in mesoscopic and interfacial dynamics in ionic liquids, including DES with over 10 years of related experience.

Role in BEES: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy.

Mark Tuckerman

New York University
Phone: 212-998-8471
Email: mark.tuckerman@nyu.edu

Expert in theoretical chemistry, specifically MD and AIMD simulations; enhanced sampling algorithms; crystal structure prediction; statistical mechanics with over 20 years of experience.

Role in BEES: DES interface structure and reactions by newly developed computational techniques, and AIMD

Miomir B. Vukmirovic

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Phone: 631-344-8444
Email: miomir@bnl.gov

Expert in fuel cell electrocatalysts including single crystal model systems with over 15 years of experience.

Role in BEES: ECSTM, IRRAS, XSX.

Jesse Wainright

Case Western Reserve University
Phone: 216-368-5382
Email: jsw7@case.edu

Expert in iron-based chemistries for grid-scale storage with over 30 years of experience.

Role in BEES: Electrochemical investigations by micro-electrode voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and solvation structure by synchrotron X-ray, XPS.

Thomas Zawodzinski

The University of Tennessee Knoxville
BEES Thrust 2 (SNP) Co-Lead
Phone: 865-974-5137
Email: tzawodzi@utk.edu

Leader in electrolytes and composite electrodes and Electrophoretic NMR.

Role in BEES: Bulk dynamics by DES electrophoretic NMR , SNP NMR, and electrochemistry of SNPs.