University of Waterloo Electrochemical Society Student Chapter
Meet Our Team
2024 - 2025 Committee Members
Mariam Gad
President
Mariam is a PhD candidate in Dr. Michael Pope's 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Group. Her research focuses on developing a new generation of lithium-ion batteries using a silicon-based anode coupled with a solid electrolyte and a commercially available cathode. She aims at developing a scalable procedure with abundant and non-toxic materials.
Vipin Kumar Singh
Vice President
Vipin is a PhD candidate doing research on improving the electrode and electrolyte architecture for solid state batteries under the supervision of Prof. Linda F. Nazar in the Department of chemistry. My research involves the synthesis of novel solid electrolytes and studying their modes of degradation and ageing, with alkali-based metals and high voltage cathode materials
Mohammed Emadi
Outreach Coordinator
Mohammad is a PhD student in his 2nd year in Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Eric Croiset. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s program in mechanical engineering and has expertise in multigeneration energy systems with fuel cells as the prime mover. His doctoral work in general focuses on the fabrication of perovskite cells for solid oxide electrolysis. At the moment, he is working on the different material synthesis methods and cell fabrication techniques.
Saikiran Khamgaonkar
Media Chair
Saikiran is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Vivek Maheshwari. His research interest includes organic–inorganic halide perovskites for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications.
Karthikeyen Natarajan Pugazhendhi
Treasurer
Karthikeyen is an MASc student in the Department of Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Linda Nazar. His research mainly focussed on developing cathode composite and solid electrolyte for all solid-state Li-S batteries.