CEI - Key Persons
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering
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- Student in Materials Science at the University
Aaron Thomas is a PhD student in Materials Science at the University of Washington, hailing from western New York. His research interests are in the development of clean energy storage mechanisms in the Jun Liu group, to support the growth of renewable energy. He is currently focusing on characterization of interphases formed in cycling of lithium metal-sulfur batteries, in the hopes of understanding the behavior at these interfaces through in-situ and ex-situ analysis. He began his work in energy storage as a second-year undergraduate at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he later earned bachelor's degrees in Materials Science and Chinese language studies. Before starting at UW, he has held research positions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnology at Sandia national labs. In his free time, Aaron enjoys playing piano, and traveling for landscape photography.
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Molecular Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Molecular Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Energy Storage
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Solar Energy
- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics Energy Storage
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- Assistant Professor / Chemistry
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- Collaboration Core Administrator
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- 2020 - 21 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Molecular Engineering
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / past Grad Fellows
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- Professor / Civil and Environmental Engineering
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science & Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Energy Storage
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- Advisor
- Assistant Professor
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Power Systems Engineering
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- Endowed Chair in Chemistry / Director, IMOD ( NSF Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand )
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- Development Professor
- Professor
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- Partner, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Perkins Coie LLP
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- Chemistry / Member Faculty Chemistry Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices Solar Hydrogen
- Professor of Chemistry
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Energy Storage
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- Professor / Materials Science & Engineering
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- Power Business Development Lead, HDR, Inc
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- Fellow & PhD Candidate in Chemistry
- Fellow & PhD Candidate in Civil & Environmental Engineering
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- Associate Director of Operations
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science & Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Energy Storage
- Member Faculty Chemistry Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Civil and Environmental Engineering / past Grad Fellows Civil & Environmental Engineering Energy Systems
- Member Faculty Computer Science & Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Energy Efficiency
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- 2020 - 21 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices Redox Flow Batteries & Fuel Cells
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- Affiliate Associate Professor
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- WRF Innovation Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Clean Energy
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- Member Faculty Mechanical Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices Advanced Manufacturing
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- Events & Communications Specialist
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- Director, Lockheed Martin Energy
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- Associate Director of Education & Workforce Engagement
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- Harry and Catherine Jaynne Boand Endowed Professor of Chemistry
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- Senior Fellow, Sightline Institute
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- Director
- Director, Clean Energy Institute
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- 2021 - 22 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science and Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- Chairman, CarbonQuest and NextWatts
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- Co - Founder and Managing Director, Bia Energy Capital
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- Chief Scientist
- Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute
- TFAB Chair / Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- Member Faculty Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Electical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Solar Energy Advanced Energy Materials
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- Chemistry / Member Faculty Chemistry Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- Associate Professor / Civil & Environmental Engineering
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2021 - 22 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Solar Hydrogen
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / International Studies / past Grad Fellows
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Political Science / Current Grad Fellows Political Science Energy Systems
- Member Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Mechanical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Mechanical Engineering Solar Energy
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- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices Redox Flow Batteries & Fuel Cells
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- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices Redox Flow Batteries & Fuel Cells
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Energy Storage
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy
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- Member Faculty Chemistry Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- Physics / Member Faculty Physics Advanced Energy Materials
- Professor
- Professor of Physics
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- Member Faculty Chemistry Materials Science & Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- Professor / Materials Science & Engineering
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / Current Grad Fellows Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- Research Associate Professor / Materials Science & Engineering
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- Research Associate Professor
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- Technical Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds / Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Washington Clean Energy Testbeds Technical Director / Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Energy Storage
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Energy Storage
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- Board Member & Fund Manager, E8 Angels
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- Member Faculty Computer Science & Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Energy Efficiency
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / Current Grad Fellows Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Power Systems Engineering
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- 2020 - 21 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- Affiliate Faculty Construction Management Energy Systems Energy Efficiency
- Member Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Power Systems Engineering
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics
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- Affiliate Professor / Materials Science & Engineering
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- Professor and Department Chair
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- DIRECT Principal Investigator and Director / Professor and Department Chair
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- Assistant Professor / Civil & Environmental Engineering
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science and Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2017 - 18 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / Current Grad Fellows Chemistry Energy Storage
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- Associate Professor / Materials Science & Engineering
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- Member Faculty Chemistry Solar Energy Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- WRF Innovation Chair in Clean Energy and Campbell Chair Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Chemical Engineering, UW
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- Associate Professor / Mechanical Engineering
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- 2020 - 21 Graduate Fellow / Molecular Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- Global Service Area Leader, Renewables Advisory, DNV GL - Energy
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Convergent Energy Power - Co - Chair
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- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- Professor
- Professor of Chemical Engineering
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Physics / Current Grad Fellows Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2021 - 22 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- Director, Dean Witter Foundation
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Energy Storage
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Energy Storage
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Mechanical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Mechanical Engineering Energy Storage
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science & Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- Managing Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- Member Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry
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- 2021 - 22 Graduate Fellow / Civil & Environmental Engineering
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices Electrified Transportation
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / Current Grad Fellows Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Solar Energy
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering
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- Communications Specialist
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- Member Faculty Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics Solar Energy
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- 2020 - 21 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- Member Faculty Computer Science & Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Energy Efficiency
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- Business Solutions Director, ENGIE Impact ( Retired )
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- CEO & Co - Founder, Group14 Technologies
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices Electrified Transportation
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science & Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Energy Storage
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- 2018 - 19 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- Assistant Professor
- Member Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Power Systems Engineering Climate Adaptation & Energy Equity
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- Member Faculty Chemistry Solar Energy Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
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- 2021 - 22 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Advanced Energy Materials
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- Research Assistant Professor
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- Member Faculty Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2015 - 16 Graduate Fellow / Chemistry / past Grad Fellows Chemistry Solar Energy
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices
- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- Partner and Firmwide Co - Chair of Clean Technology Practice, Perkins Coie LLP
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- Associate Director of Communications & External Relations
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Molecular Engineering
- Member Faculty Mechanical Engineering Energy Storage Battery Materials & Devices Advanced Manufacturing
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- Assistant Professor / Materials Science & Engineering
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science and Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy
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- 2014 - 15 Graduate Fellow / Physics / past Grad Fellows Physics Advanced Energy Materials
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- Technology Principal Engineer, Seattle City Light - Co - Chair
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- Professor / Mechanical Engineering
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- Affiliate Professor / Chemical Engineering / Affiliate Faculty Chemical Engineering Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices
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- Washington Clean Energy Testbeds Technical Director / Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
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- Professor
- Professor of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering
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- 2020 - 21 Graduate Fellow / Molecular Engineering
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- Member Faculty Chemical Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices
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- Member Faculty Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy Energy Storage PV Materials & Devices Battery Materials & Devices Redox Flow Batteries & Fuel Cells
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- 2021 - 22 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science and Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2017 - 18 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Energy Efficiency
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- 2016 - 17 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems
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- 2019 - 20 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science & Engineering / past Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Solar Energy
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- 2022 - 23 Graduate Fellow / Chemical Engineering / past Grad Fellows Chemical Engineering
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- 2013 - 14 Graduate Fellow / Electrical & Computer Engineering / past Grad Fellows Electrical & Computer Engineering Energy Systems Power Systems Engineering
- Member Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering Solar Energy PV Materials & Devices
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Materials Science & Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Materials Science & Engineering Advanced Energy Materials
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- 2023 - 24 Graduate Fellow / Computer Science & Engineering / Current Grad Fellows Computer Science & Engineering Advanced Energy Materials