Primary Investigator

Ömer Özgür Çapraz
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering
2022 NSF CAREER Award
2019 BSF Start-up Award
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
Post-Doc, Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
Email: capraz@umbc.edu
CV (updated on March 2022)
Post-Doctoral Researchers

Mesut Eryigit
Research Topic: Structural instabilities in Cathode ELectrodes in Aqueous Zn-ion Batteries
B.S. in Chemistry., Ataturk University
M.S. in Chemistry, Ataturk University
Ph.D. in Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Ataturk University
Post-doctoral Research in Chemistry, Gebze Institute of Technology
Graduate Students

Debash Teklie
Research Topic: Link between Interfacial Properties and Chemo-Mechanical Performance of Na-ion Cathode Materials via Surface Modification Approaches
B.S. in Chemical Eng., Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
M.S. in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion in Université de Picardie Jules Verne

Mari Anderson
Research Topic: Engineering environmentally sustainable anode materials for electrochemical energy storage devices
B.S. in Chemical Eng., Washington State University

Minal Wable
Research Topic: Instability Mechanisms in Layered Metal Oxide Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries
B.S – M.S. Dual Degree in Chemistry in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India

Bret Marckx
Research Topic: Performance of Li-ion and All-solid State Batteries at Extreme Conditions
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Undergraduate Students

Zorah Williams
Meyerhoff Scholar (M34) | CWIT Affiliate
Chemical Engineering B.S.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Class of 2026

Tonderai Kodzwa
Meyerhoff Scholar (M34)
Chemical Engineering B.S.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Class of 2026