THE TEAM: Lab Members

OUR TEAM

Prof. Maria Lukatskaya

Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Associate editor at ACS Nano

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BACKGROUND

Postdoc, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, U.S.A.
Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, U.S.A.

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, U.S.A.

M.Sc. Chemistry & B.Sc. Materials Sci., Moscow State University

SELECTED AWARDS

2021-2024 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate™ Analytics

2023 SNSF Starting Grant Grantee

2021 Faraday Division Horizon Prize (from Royal Chemical Society, UK)

2020 ACS Nano iCANX Rising Star Lecturer

2020 Drexel 40 under 40

2019 Energy and Environmental Science Lectureship Award

2016 Drexel University Outstanding Dissertation Award

2015 Materials Research Society Gold Graduate Student Award

TEACHING

151-0234-00L Electrochemical Energy Systems (Spring semester)
151-0123-00L Experimental Methods for Engineers (Spring semester)

STAFF

Administrative Assistant

Federica Poltronieri

Federica got her B.Sc. in Linguistics from University of Verona and is coordinating all key organizational activities in our group

Office: ML H16

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Lab Technician

Peter Feusi

Peter creates magic in a machine shop for our custom cells and sets up designs

Office: ML H27.2

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PHD STUDENTS

PhD student

Dario Gomez

Dario is studying how the solvation environment impacts ion transport and the performance of aqueous batteries, specifically focusing on improving their efficiency

Office: CNB F124

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Anna de Vries

Anna is developing a light-driven CO2 capture process and selective CO2 conversion, with a focus on stability and process optimization.

Office: CNB F122

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Nathan Hong

M.Sc., Chemistry, University of Waterloo
B.S., Chemical Engineering,

Purdue University

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Manuel Reiter

M.Sc., Technical Chemistry, TU Wien

B.Sc., Technical Chemistry, TU Wien

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Katharina Trapp

Katharina's studies the role of electrolyte composition in the CO2 electroreduction, utilizing spectroscopic methods such as in-situ FTIR spectroscopy

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Sonja Schreiner

Sonja is engaged in the development of flame-retardant liquid electrolytes for high-performance lithium batteries

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PhD student

Julita Tabor

M.Sc: Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven
B.Sc.: Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology

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PhD student

Dennis Ciliak

M.Sc: Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich
B.Sc.: Chemical Enigineering, University of Groningen

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PhD student

Matthias Fernandez

M.Sc: Material Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
B.Sc.: Material Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich

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Interested to join?

Check out our open positions:

-PhD position in Energy Storage and Conversion

-PhD position in nerve regeneration

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MASTER AND BACHELOR STUDENTS

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Maximilian Labandowsky

B.SC. Physics, TUM

M.Sc. Applied and Engineering Physics, TUM

Interest: energy storage and conversion

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Marius Jauer

B.Sc. Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich

Interest: CO2 capture and storage

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Hagan Kolanz

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich

Interest: energy systems, system modeling, and control

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Luoting Li

B.Sc. Chemistry, Sichuan University

M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Zurich

Interest: energy storage and conversion

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Vivienne Augustin

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich

Interest: renewable energy technologies, energy storage

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Kanna Yamaguchi

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich

Interest: renewable energy technologies, energy storage

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Ingrid Turner

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen

Interest: CO2 capture and conversion, energy storage

ALUMNI

Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Evgeniya Vorobyeva, (02.2020-02.2022), currently a CTO at Neology Hydrogen

Dr. Jimun Yoo, Schmidt Science Fellow, (03.2021-06.2024), currently a team leader at INW-1 at Forschungszentrum Jülich

PhD Students
Dr. Shianlin Wee, "Elucidating intercalation of redox-active guests to tailor properties of layred MXenes", PhD defense on August 2024

Visiting PhD researchers
Soracha Kosasang, (03.2021-03.2022), currently JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kyoto University

Federico Lissandrello, (02.2023-10.2023), currently PhD student at the Politecnico di Milano

M.Sc. Students
Noah von der Crone, Spring 24

Vivienne Augustin, Spring 24

Gregor Zesch, Autumn 23

Rebecca von der Elshout, Autumn 23

Hyppolite Robin, Autumn 23

Lukas Schnider, Autumn 23

Yannik Meisterhans, Autumn 23

Stephan Eugster, Autumn 23

Fabio Seidel, Autumn 23

Matthias Hernandez, Autumn 23

Giacomo Rizzo, Autumn 23

Hannes Albers, Spring 23

Diego Burri, Spring 23

Luis Rothe, Spring 23

Dominic Spescha, Spring 23

Ratko Rapaic, Autumn 22

Asia Wahshesh, Autumn 22

Laura Henz, Autumn 22

Jöel Jenny, Spring 22

Ivan Ott, Spring 22

Walter Hänsli, Spring 22

Simone Locatelli, Spring 22

Henrik Haussmann, Spring 22

Florian Grass, Spring 22

Antoine Devincenti, Spring 22

Finn Beiglböck, Spring 22

Matthias Bruno Rohrer, Spring 22

Dmytro Lytvynenko, Spring 22

Filippo Romeggio, Autumn 21

Johan Christian Nothinger, Autumn 21

Linfeng Xu, Spring 21

Andreas Hugentobler, Spring 21

Vadim Place, Spring 21

Cyrille Grumbach, Spring 21

Riccardo Zardi, Spring 21

Valentina Vogt, Spring 21

Andrea Alberini, Spring 21

Gregoire Heller, Autumn 20

Anna de Vries, Autumn 20

B.Sc. Students
Chelsy Hochstrasse, Autumn 23

Kim Keller, Spring 23

Angelo Barbiero, Spring 23

Jonas Dürig, Spring 21

Jan Eriksson, Spring 21