PhD Candidates
Nadia Okafor
Nadia is a 5th-year PhD candidate engineering stable solid-electrolyte interfaces that suppress dendrite growth. Her summer at a battery scale-up gave her hands-on cell-manufacturing experience that maps directly onto industry R&D roles.
Details
- Advisor
- Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang
- Field
- Materials Science
- Institution
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Skills
- ElectrochemistryX-ray DiffractionPythonBattery Cell AssemblyFinite Element ModelingMaterials Characterization
- Thesis
- Solid-state electrolyte interfaces for next-generation lithium-metal batteries
- Transition Signals
- Internship at QuantumScapeFiled first patent on electrolyte coatingPresented at industry battery summit