Jeffrey LopezAssistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Contact Info
2145 Sheridan Road Tech E168 Evanston, IL 60208-3109
About
In the Lopez Group, we use insight gained from the study of charge transport processes and reactions at electrochemical interfaces to inform the design of new materials for energy storage applications.
Environmental challenges and economic forces are reshaping the way we generate and consume energy on a global scale. To keep up with the accelerating adoption of electric vehicles, allow for grid scale energy storage, and meet the demands of future technological advances, new materials for high energy density batteries must be developed. High costs have prevented widespread deployment of lithium ion batteries beyond portable electronics, and the safety hazards of exothermic reactions associated with traditional materials during cell failure remain to be fully addressed. Therefore, strategies to enhance the mechanical and chemical stability of next-generation electrode materials are key to the successful integration of batteries into our future energy systems.
Education
Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE