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Howie's defense group picture with family and friends

Howie Defends His PhD!

January 16, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Nguyen on successfully defending his dissertation! Howie's research has been groundbreaking in the development of operando EPR and magnetometry of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. We wish him all the best as he continues to perform battery research in industry.

Group picture at the farewell social

Farewell Social for Graduates

December 6, 2023

Prof. Clement hosted a heartfelt social to bid adieu to our group's graduating PhDs. It was a delightful evening filled with cheer and laughter as we celebrated their achievements. We'll miss them all deeply and wish them the best in their future endeavors.

Vincent posing in cap and hood; Elias held up by the group and friends

Congrats to Our Newest Doctors!

November 21, 2023

Congratulations to Elias and Vincent! Elias defended his work on solid electrolytes on Nov 15 and Vincent defended his work on disordered rock salt cathodes less than a week after on the 21st. Both will be sorely missed!

Hanna at the Spallation Neutron Source

Hanna attends National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering

August 18, 2023

Hanna recently attended the 25th National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, hosted by Argonne and Oakridge National Labs. As part of this two-week program, she attended seminars on cutting-edge neutron and x-ray scattering techniques and gained hands-on experience with beamline scattering experiments while networking with leading experts in these fields.

Dr. Raphaële Clément

Congratulations Prof. Clément!

July 10, 2023

Prof. Clément has been awarded the 'Rising Star Award' by Materials Today and the 'ISE Prize in Electrochemical Materials Science' from the International Society of Electrochemistry. Congrats to her for winning these prestigious awards!

More info can be found at the Materials Today and ISE websites.

Friends and family celebrate Emily's defense

Emily Defends Her PhD Dissertation!

June 16, 2023

Many congratulations to Emily as she successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation on June 13th and was hooded on the 16th, becoming the first Ph.D. student to graduate from our group! She will work as a postdoc in our group for a few months before moving on to do bigger and better things.

Emily receiving the EERA JP ES Award at ICNaB 2022

Emily Wins First Prize for Poster at ICNaB 2022

December 15, 2022

Congratulations to Emily for winning the EERA JP ES Award for having the best poster presentation at the ICNaB 2022 conference!

More information about the award can be found here.

Emily receiving the Kramer award from Prof. Craig Hawker

Congrats to Emily and Howie for their recent awards

July 14, 2022

Emily recently received the prestigious Kramer Award for her oral presentation at MROP 2022 and Howie received the best poster prize at the Spring BASF California Research Alliance Review. Keeping the group proud, congrats!

Allyson Gives a Talk

Allyson Gives a Talk on Battery Internships

May 26, 2022

Our undergraduate researcher Allyson gave a talk on how to land internships in the battery industry. She has previously interned at Tesla and Panasonic Energy. This summer, she'll be working at QuantumScape! Allyson hopes to continue helping her college peers get industry opportunities.

Raphaële Clément

Prof. Clément Receives the NSF CAREER Award!

January 19, 2022

The NSF has selected Professor Raphaële Clément as one of this year's CAREER Award recipients. This is one of the most prestigious awards given to junior faculty nationwide for exemplifying the role of teacher-scholars through research and education. Congratulations to Prof. Clément!

The Current's feature on this achievement: https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2022/020522/sodium-solution