Debanjali Chatterjee received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2020 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Currently, she is a fourth-year PhD student at Purdue University, where she is working on uncovering the electrochemical and mechanical interactions governing interface stability in solid-state batteries. Through her efforts, she provides fundamental insights into interfacial evolution and degradation mechanisms and delineates design guidelines to enhance battery performance and safety. As a faculty member, her research vision will be centered around “MoChA” — modeling, characterization, and analytics — to enhance the efficiency, performance, and cost-effectiveness of electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems. She has been the President and Founding Communications Director of the Purdue Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), which, under her leadership, was honored with the Outstanding Student Chapter Award among 130 student chapters from around the world. In her roles, Chatterjee introduced a virtual webinar series, “Women in Electrochemical Sciences and Engineering,” which attracted more than 100 attendees spanning 15 countries and drew over 20,000 impressions on X. She also created a YouTube channel to offer free access to the webinar recordings and executed the first MoChA Poster Symposium that showcased 15 entries from undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers across the Purdue College of Engineering and Science. In her role as a professor, she will empower students to address climate change and sustainable energy while also challenging them to become future leaders and advocates for diversity and inclusion.

Research Interests

Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion