Mariah Batool received her bachelor's degree (2012) in materials engineering and master's degree (2017) in energy systems engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. In 2024, she earned her PhD in materials science from the University of Connecticut, where she currently is a postdoctoral fellow researching clean energy — particularly hydrogen-based solutions —and the social, environmental, and humanitarian imperatives that drive it. In a U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative, she is developing AI-driven methods for defect detection in membrane electrode assemblies used in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Her vision beyond this work is to create a real-time, AI-integrated, multi-modal data platform for electrochemical materials characterization, an innovation she hopes will streamline experimentation, reduce costs, and enhance scalability across a range of energy systems. As a faculty member, she plans to leverage these tools through collaborations at the intersection of materials science, machine learning, and policy to help shape a sustainable and equitable energy future. She has served as vice president of Tri-Mentoring for Women in Science and Engineering, as a mentor with the Women in Green Hydrogen network, and as the postdoctoral chair of the NSF-funded REACH2 network. Batool strives to become a professor who is not defined solely by research output, but by her ability to elevate others, challenge conventions, and make engineering responsive to humanity's most urgent needs.

Research Interests

Clean Energy Electrochemical Systems