Principal Investigator
  

Bart M. Bartlett

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
E-mail: bartmb@umich.edu

Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Chemistry Debut: 1996

Washington University in St. Louis A.B. summa cum laude, Chemistry 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry 2005
University of California, Berkeley UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow 2008
Graduate Students
  

James J. Brancho

2nd year inorganic student
E-mail: jbrancho@umich.edu

Hometown: Canonsburg, PA
Chemistry Debut: 2007

Duquesne University B.S. magna cum laude, Chemistry 2011

Research Project: Synthesis of bulk heterojunction tungstates and alloys for solar water oxidation

Xiaoguang Hao

4th year materials chemistry student
E-mail: xghao@umich.edu

Hometown: Xianxin, HeBei province, China
Chemistry Debut: 2002

Chongqing University B.S. Applied Chemistry 2006
Chongqing University M.S. Applied Chemistry 2009

Research Project: Synthesis and defect structure analysis of complex oxides for Li-ion battery electrodes

Benjamin M. Klepser

3rd year organic chemistry student
E-mail: bklepser@umich.edu

Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2007

Calvin College B.S. Biochemistry 2010

Research Project: Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of molecular water oxidation catalysts

Bruce Kraay

1st year materials chemistry student
E-mail: bruceak@umich.edu

Hometown: Zeeland, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2008

Hope College B.S. cum laude, Chemistry 2012

Research Project: Synthesis of doped manganese oxides for Li-ion battery cathodes

Charles R. Lhermitte

2nd year inorganic chemistry student
E-mail: clhermit@umich.edu

Hometown: Miami, FL
Chemistry Debut: 2007

University of Miami B.S. Chemistry 2011

Research Project: Molecular mechanism of photoelectrochemical water oxidation on tungstate materials

Emily G. Nelson

4th year inorganic chemistry student
E-mail: egnelson@umich.edu

Hometown Celedonia, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2004

Calvin College B.S. Biochemistry 2009

Research Project: Electrolytes for multi-valent Mg2+-ion batteries

Kayla J. Pyper

3rd year inorganic chemistry student
E-mail: kpyper@umich.edu

Hometown: Chesterfield, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2006

Abilene Christian University B.S. cum laude, Chemistry and Mathematics 2010

Research Project: Graphene-modified electrodes for solar water oxidation

Joseph E. Yourey

4th year chemical biology student
E-mail: youreyj@umich.edu

Hometown: Hegins, PA
Chemistry Debut: 2005

University of Pittsburgh B.S. cum laude, Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences 2009

Research Project: Thin film transition metal tungstate photoanodes for solar water oxidation
Postdoctoral Fellow  

Dr. Vinodkumar Etacheri

MMPEI Partnerships for Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow
E-mail: etacheri@umich.edu

Hometown:
Chemistry Debut: 1998

Kannur University B.Sc. Chemistry 2002
Kannur University M.Sc. Materials Chemistry 2005
Dublin Institute of Technology Ph.D. Materials Chemistry 2010
Bar Ilan University Postdoctoral Fellow 2012

Research Project: Synthesis and modeling of complex metal oxides for Li-ion battery electrodes
Rotation Students
  

Samuel L. Esarey

Incoming materials chemistry student
E-mail: slesarey@umich.edu

Hometown: Blairsville, PA
Chemistry Debut: 2009

Denison University B.S. cum laude, Chemistry 2013

Research Project: Synthesis of tandem molecular/solid-state architectures for photocatalytic water oxidation
Undergraduates
  

Taylor C. Evans

Undergraduate Researcher
E-mail: taevans@umich.edu

Hometown: Manchester, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2010

University of Michigan Chemistry ~2014

Research Project: Synthesis of main group tungstates for photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Joel A. Koper

Undergraduate Researcher
E-mail: jokoper@umich.edu

Hometown: Waterford, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2010

University of Michigan Biochemistry ~2014

Research Project: Synthesis of manganese oxides for Li-ion battery electrodes

Joshua B. Kurtz

Undergraduate Researcher
E-mail: joskurtz@umich.edu

Hometown: Traverse City, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2010

University of Michigan Biochemistry ~2014

Research Project: Synthesis and electrochemistry of metal tungstate photoelectrodes

Scott M. Thierbacker

Undergraduate Researcher
E-mail: thierbs@umich.edu

Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI
Chemistry Debut: 2011

University of Michigan Chemical Engineering ~2015

Research Project: LiFePO4 nanostructures for high-power batteries
Group Alumni  
Former Ph.D. Students
Dr. Tanya M. Breault Ph.D. Chemistry, 2013  
     
Former Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Andrea Geyer Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010 Faculty, University of Saint Francis, Ft. Wayne, IN
Dr. Yenting Kuo Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012  
Dr. Brendan J. Liddle Michigan Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011 Research Manager at Materion Advanced Chemicals, Milwaukee, WI
     
Former Undergraduates and Rotation Students
Mark H. Austin B.S. Biochemistry, 2012  
Andrew W. Bielawski B.S. Chemistry, 2012 Associate Scientist at Cayman Chemical
Ryan W. Bradstreet B.S. Chemistry, 2010 Medical Student at Michigan State University
Brendan P. Clifford M.S. Chemistry, 2012 Graduate Student at the University of Michigan
Aaron J. Goodman B.S. summa cum laude Chemistry and Pure Mathematics, 2012 Graduate Student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael J. Holland B.S. Biochemistry, 2011 Graduate Student at Northwestern University
Sarah Simmons M.S. Chemistry, 2008 Faculty, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, MI
Elayne M. Thomas Sophomore Chemical Engineering Student  
David F. Yancey B.S. Chemistry, 2009 Graduate Student at the University of Texas, Austin
Stephen J. Zelda B.S. Chemistry, 2013