Group

2022 ViPER Group

The ViPER Group welcomes interested visiting scholars to explore research opportunities in the areas of Lithium-ion, Lithium-Sulfur, and Sodium-ion batteries. Please submit your request to vpol@purdue.edu.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Sayan Das

Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: das216@purdue.edu

Ph.D.: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India (2017)

Formerly postdoctoral fellow at UNIST, HIMS/IEK-12(GERMANY) and IIT-KGP(INDIA)

Graduate Researchers

	Ethan Adams Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Email: adams496@purdue.edu B. Sc.: University of Massachusetts, Lowell, U.S.A. (2019) SMART Scholarship, 2022-2024.


	Soohwan Kim Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Email: kim3445@purdue.edu B.Sc.: Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea (2018) M.Sc.: Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea (2020) Graduate Student Recognition Award (Purdue University), 2024 Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (Purdue University), 2024 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS - The Lowest Temperature (-100 ℃) to Charge a Lithium-ion Battery, 12/2022 Brain Korea 21 Plus Research Scholarship (National Research Foundation of Korea), 2018-2020 Efforts Award in the 9th Capstone Design Fair (Hanyang University), 2017 Academic Excellence Scholarship (Hanyang University), 2012-2013
	Austin Choi Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Email: choi780@purdue.edu B.E.: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, U.S.A. (2021) SMART Scholarship, 2024-2026.
	Annie Sun Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Email: sun1064@purdue.edu A.B.: Dartmouth College, U.S.A (2016) College of Engineering Travel Award, Purdue University 2024. Ziek Travel Grant, Purdue University, 2023.
	David (Beichen) Xiong Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Email: xiong146@purdue.edu B.Sc.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A (2022)
	Esin Aydemir Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Email: eaydemir@purdue.edu B.Sc.: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey (2022)
	Daechol Jeong Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Co-Advisor: Prof. Brian Tackett (Purdue, ChE) Email: jeong210@purdue.edu B.Sc.: Illinois Institute of Technology (2023)

Purdue Military Research Institute (PMRI) Fellow

Jamee M. Boyer

M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Co-Advisor: Prof. Alina Alexeenko (Purdue, AAE)
Capt, USAF, SMIC Test Engineer, UT
Email: boyer65@purdue.edu

B.Sc.: United States Air Force Academy

Undergraduate Research Assistants

	Marlene Tedy-Gabriel Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: mtedygab@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2024)
	Jason Packard Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: jspackar@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2025)
	Felipe Martinez Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: mart2131@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2025)
	Shawn Belongia Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: sbelongi@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2024)
	Will Stasko Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: wstasko@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2025)
	Darby Waund Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: dwaund@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2026)
	Cole Simi Undergraduate Research Assistant Email: nsimi@purdue.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2027)

Defense Collaborators

	Dr. Leon L. Robert, Jr. Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired),Professor Emeritus, United States Military Academy Contractor, Purdue Military Research Institute, Purdue University Email: leonlrobertjr@gmail.com Cell: 806-341-5020
	Dr. Thomas Adams Scientist, Alternative Energy and Power Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, (NSWC Crane), Code JXMR, Bldg 3287 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522-5001 Email: thomas.e.adams@navy.mil Cell: 440-897-6801

Defense Cadets

	Jerry Quintos VTEC (Veterans to Energy Careers) Intern United States Marine Corps E-5/Sergeant Email:jquintos@purdue.edu B.Sc.: (Ongoing) University of Nevada, Reno Mechanical Engineering Major and Aerospace Minor (2025)
	Evan Mammana VTEC (Veterans to Energy Careers) Intern Email:emammana@purdue.edu B.Sc.: (Ongoing) Kent State University Spring (2024)
	Joseph S Lee Purdue Military Research Institute (PMRI) Intern Email:lee4866@purdue.edu B.Sc.: (Ongoing) United States Naval Academy - Chemistry (2025)
	Joey W Kapszukiewicz Purdue Military Research Institute (PMRI) Intern Email:jkapszuk@purdue.edu B.Sc.: (Ongoing) United States Naval Academy (2025)
	Alexander Camacho 2022 VTEC (Veterans to Energy Careers) Intern Email: alexander.camacho@wne.edu B.S.: (Ongoing) Electrical Engineering, Western New England University
	Korey Menefee 2022 VTEC (Veterans to Energy Careers) Intern Email: koreyj.menefee@gmail.com B.S.: (Ongoing) Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida
	Ryan Ubelhor Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN, USAF MS: Purdue University (2021) Advisor: Prof. Stephen Beaudoin Co-advisor: Prof. Vilas Pol Email: RUbelhor@Purdue.edu Google Scholar B.S.: Purdue University, IN, US (2006)
	Maria N. Carter 2nd Lieutenant, USAF Graduate Student, Purdue University Advisor: Prof. Vikas Tomar Co-advisor: Prof. Vilas Pol B.S.: Astronautical Engineering, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

	Joe Bevilacqua

	Casey Jones

	Jafr Kazmi

	Megan Kinsey

	Daniel Ragan

	James Scowcroft

	Gabriel Weigelt

	Batkhongor Chagnaa

Post Doc Alumni

	Dr. Vinodkumar Etacheri Research Associate February 2014 – August 2015 Google Scholar Ph. D.: Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (2011)
	Dr. Patrick Kim Research Associate June 2017 – April 2019 Google Scholar Ph. D.: Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
	Dr. Kwangse Lee Research Associate June 2017 – April 2019 Ph. D.: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
	Dr. Dhanya Puthusseri Google Scholar Departure Year:2020 Ph. D.: CSIR-NCL, Pune, India (2016)

	Dr. Jassiel Rolando Rodriguez Barreras Departure Year:2020 M. Sc.: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center - UNAM Ph. D.: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center - UNAM

	Dr. Hamidreza Syef Google Scholar Co-mentor: Prof. Partha Mukherjee Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow Departure Year:2020 Ph. D.: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, US (2019)

	Dr. Manikandan Palanisamy Departure Year:2022 Ph. D.: CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi, India (2015)

	Dr. Hari Vignesh Ramasamy Departure Year:2022 Ph. D.: Chonnam National University, South Korea. (2020)

Previous Visiting Scholars

	Hosung Hwang M.S.: Gyeongsang National University, Chemistry (2023) Email: hwang253@purdue.edu
	Ju Hyeong Kim Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering - (Ongoing) Korea University Email: kim4353@purdue.edu
	Dr. Manjusha V. Shelke Principle Scientist CSIR National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellow (2022-2023)
	Heramba Venkata Sai Rama Murthy Koppisetti Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at IISER Kolkata Email: hkoppise@purdue.edu BS-MS dual degree : IISER Kolkata(2018) Serb-Purdue University Overseas Visting Doctoral Fellow
	Dr. P. Ragupathy Raman Fellow Assoc. Prof (AcSIR) and Principal Scientist Electrochemical Power Sources Division CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (Govt of India), Karaikudi 630003, Tamilnadu, India Email: raguchem@gmail.com ragupathyp@cecri.res.in Webpage: https://cecri.res.in/Ragupathy
	Palwinder Kaur SERB- Purdue University Overseas Visting Doctoral Fellow M.Tech (ECE): UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India Ph.D.: AcSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, India
	Juanita Mejia Restrepo Visiting Research Student B.S.: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin Campus, Chemical Engineering (2022)
	Sensen Zhang B. Tech.: Northeastern University, Shenyang, China Ph.D.: Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
	Dr. Lixia Liao September 2019 � 2020 MSc.: Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China (2006) Ph.D.: Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2013)

	Dr. Tao Fang September 2019 – 2020 MSc.: Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China (2006) Ph.D.: Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2013)
	Xinyang Jiao B.Sc.: Wenjing College, Yantai University, China M.Sc.: China University of Mining and Technology, China Ph.D.: China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou)

	Sourav Ghosh B.Sc.: Burdwan University, India M.Sc.: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India

	Xu Tong B.Sc.: Northwest university, China Ph.D.: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Ph.D. Alumni


	Dr. Daniel Gribble Google Scholar Graduation Year: 2023 B. Sc.: University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. (2019) Headed to: Anthro Energy, San Jose, CA
	Dr. Zheng Li Google Scholar Graduation Year: 2023 Second place, 33rd Annual Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of AVS Science and Technology Society, 2022 B. Sc.: University of Science and Technology of China (2018) Headed to: University of Maryland, College Park, MD

	Dr. Mihit H. Parekh Google Scholar Graduation Year: 2021 First place, Energy & Fluid Dynamics, 30th Annual Purdue Chemical Engineering GSO Symposium, 2021 Citation Award, 2021 Ryland Travel Award, 2021 K. M. Abraham Travel Award by The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Battery Division, 2020 2020 ChE Excellence in Safety Award Link 2020 Purdue Chemical Engineering Travel Grant, 2019 B. Sc.: Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India (2015) Headed to: Enovix Corporation, Fremont, CA

	Dr. Kyungho Kim Google Scholar Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood Graduation Year: 2019 B. Sc.: Korea University, South Korea (2013) M. Sc.: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (2014) Headed to: Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania

	Dr. Ryan Adams Google Scholar Graduation Year: 2019 2014 Purdue Chemical Engineering Centennial Fellowship 2015 Outstanding NanoDays Volunteer Award 2016 Graduate Research Symposium Second Place Poster Presentation 2018 Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship B. Sc.: University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (2014) Headed to: Exponent, San Francisco, CA

	Dr. Arthur Dysart Google Scholar Graduation Year: 2018 2013 Purdue Faculty Fellow 2014 PRF Assistantship 2014 BASF Energy & Sustainability Forum First Place Presenter 2015 Soybean Innovation Competition People's Choice Award 2015 Outstanding NanoDays Volunteer Award 2016 Innovation for International Development (I2D) Third Place Presenter B. Sc.: New York University, New York, U.S.A. (2013) Headed to: Insight Data Science, San Francisco, CA

	Dr. Daw Gen Lim Google Scholar Co-advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Youngblood Graduation Year: 2018 B. Sc.: Purdue University, U.S.A. (2014) Headed to: ASM Semiconductors

	Dr. Jialiang Tang Google Scholar Graduation Year: 2018 2014 BASF Energy & Sustainability Forum First Place Presenter 2015 Hoosier Heavy Hybrid Center of Excellence Fellowship 2015 Soybean Innovation Competition People's Choice Award 2016 Philips Fellowship B. Sc.: University of Texas at Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (2011) Headed to: Samsung, Texas

Alumni

Nestor Levin

M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Purdue Military Research Institute (PMRI) Fellow
Email:levin18@purdue.edu

B.Sc.: United States Air Force Academy

Mounika Anne

Research Associate
Professional Master's Program in Chemical Engineering

Email:annem@purdue.edu

B.Sc.: Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India (2020)

Rajat Mishra

Research Associate
Professional Master's Program in Chemical Engineering

Email:mishr166@purdue.edu

B.Sc.: Chemical Engineering, NVellore Institute of technology (VIT, Vellore, India) (2019)

Tarunikaa Chavva

Research Associate
Professional Master's Program in Chemical Engineering

Email:mishr166@purdue.edu

B.Sc.: Osmania University, Hyderabad (2022)

Emma Block

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email:block21@purdue.edu

B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2024)

Michael Swortzel

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email:mswortze@purdue.edu

B.S.: (Ongoing) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2025)

	Rishi Banerjee Undergraduate Research Assistant Email:banerj41@purdue.edu B.S.: Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2023)
	Phuong Ngoc Nam Nguyen (Lisa) Undergraduate Research Assistant Email:nguye436@purdue.edu B.E.: Chemical Engineering, Purdue University (2022)

	Evan McCulfor Undergraduate Research Assistant Email:emcculfo@purdue.edu B.S.: Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2022)

	Isaac K. Stier Undergraduate Research Assistant Email:istier@purdue.edu B.S.: Purdue University, Chemical Engineering (2022)

	Khanh Minh Van Undergraduate Research Assistant Email:vank@purdue.edu B.E.: Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

	Colin Jamison Research Associate- MS in Chemical Engineering B.E.: Purdue University, IN, US (2020) M.S.: Purdue University (2021)

	Abhimanyu Raj Shekhar Undergraduate Research Assistant B.E.: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (2021)

	Harsha Rao Research Associate- MS in Chemical Engineering B.E.: B.M.S. College of Engineering, India M.S.: Purdue University (2020)

	Lirong Cai M.S. in Chemical Engineering (2020) B.S.: North Carolina State University, North Carolina, U.S.A. (2018)

	Takashi Yokokura Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2020 Purdue University

	Deep Jokhakar Research Associate- MS in Chemical Engineering B.E.: G.H.Patel College of Engineering & Technology, India M.S.: Purdue University (2018)

	Vihang Parikh Research Associate, Purdue B. Tech.: National Institute of Technology, Surat, India (2017) M.S. : Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (2018) Headed to: BrightVolt, Indiana

	Anjela Arora Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Neal Amadeus Cardoza Undergraduate Research Assistant 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium First Place Presenter (Non-Senior category) 2017 ThinkSwiss Undergraduate Research Fellowship Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Tianko Chu Visiting Scholar, China B. Sc.: Senior undergraduate at Beijing University of Chemical Technology(BUCT), Beijing

	John Cullinan Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Nicholas Dininger Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2014 – May 2015 2015 Soybean Innovation Competition People's Choice Award Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Roberto Esparza Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant Universidad Tecnol�gica de Quer�taro, Mexico


	Nurul Zaty Fazil Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Harif Fontecha Visting Undergraduate Research Assistant June 2017 - November 2017 Universidad Nacional de Colombia

	Mark Fratto Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Hannah Harding Visiting Graduate Research Assistant July 2015 Tuskegee University, Alabama, U.S.A.

	Seok-Min Hong Visiting Research Assistant Advisor: Prof. Ki Bong Lee B. Sc.: Korea University, South Korea (2014)

	Chulgi Nathan Hong Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Samrudhi Joshi Summer Research Apprentice June 2015 – July 2015 Neuqua Valley High School, Illinois, U.S.A.

	Jinkyeong Kang Visiting Scholar, South Korea B. Sc.: Korea University of Technology and Education (KOREATECH), South Korea

	Dong Hee Kim Undergraduate Research Assistant 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium First Place Presenter (Non-Senior category) Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.


	Daniel Kyungbin Kye Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Jonathan Angelo Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2014 – December 2014 Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Breland Lee Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2014 – August 2014 2014 Summer Research Opportunity Program Fellowship Tuskegee University, Alabama, U.S.A.

	Kay Lee Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Hao Lin Visiting Scholar, ISU BS: Chongqing University, Chongqing, China(2009) MS (Ongoing): Iowa State University, Iowa, USA

	Claudia E. Z. Lugo Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant Universidad Tecnol�gica de Quer�taro, Mexico

	Martina Macaggi Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University


	Joo-ho Moon Research Associate- Masters BS: Dong-guk University, South Korea (2018)

	Shu Yi Neoh Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Vandana Pamulapati Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Xin Li Phuah Undergraduate Research Assistant 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2015 Chevron EPICS Scholarship Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Valerie Pope Undergraduate Research Assistant Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Gholamreza Reza Rostamikia Research Scholar Ph. D.: Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania , U.S.A. (2011)

	Ram Saraswat Undergraduate Research Assistant August 2014 – May 2015 2015 Soybean Innovation Competition People's Choice Award Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Saúl Villagómez Salas Undergraduate Research Assistant Universidad Tecnol�gica de Quer�taro, Mexico

	Yu Han Shen Masters, Purdue B. Sc.: Taiwan

	Yifan Wang Masters, Purdue B. Sc.: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University

	Hsin-Jan Weng Research Associate- Masters BS: National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2018)

	Emmett Wilber Undergraduate Research Assistant November 2014 - April 2015 Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

	Jinze Xue Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant Nankai University, Tianjin, China

	Yunpu Tommy Zhao Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2015 - December 2015 Nankai University, Tianjin, China