Group News

  • Jan 2026: The group welcomes visiting Prof. Eric Fort from the University of St. Thomas, doing his sabbatical with the group.
  • Jan 2026: Kelly returns from her research exchange with the Katayama group at the University of Osaka (welcome back!) and presents her work using SEIRAS to understand the role of co-adsorbates during NO3RR at the Chemical Reactions at Surfaces Gordon Research Conference.
  • Nov 2025: The group welcomes first year graduate students Michael Galvin and Justin Cao (co-advised with Siepmann).
  • Nov 2025: Postdoc Rajkumar presents his work " Understanding cation effects in nitrate electroreduction on cobalt" at Fall MRS
  • Nov 2025: Jory presents his work " Nickel-Iron Alloys as Catalysts for Electrochemical Conversion of Nitrate to Ammonium" at AIChE. 
  • Oct 2025: Kaavya presented her poster titled "Exploring the Impact of Nitrate Concentration and Cation Species on Electrochemical Co-Reduction of Nitrate and CO2 Towards Urea Synthesis" at Fall ECS.
  • Oct 2025: REU student Yaneiska presented her work titled "Understanding and Manipulating the Electrical Double Layer in Electrocatalysis" at SACNAS. Congrats!
  • Oct 2025: Zaki presents his work “Investigating the Electrochemical Stability of Precious Metal Oxide Thin Films in Acidic Environment” at the Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium.
  • Oct 2025: Mohan, Molly, Shin, Skyler, and Zaki present at theECS Twin Cities Section Annual Symposium. Way to represent, team!
  • Aug 2025: Mohan, Ruth, Skyler, and Uyen presented research posters at SUNCAT Summer Institute 2025, Stanford University, San Francisco, CA
  • Jul 2025: Mohan, Uyen, and Molly and Skyler presented research posters titled, "Molecular Tailoring of Interfacial Electrocatalytic Environments using N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs)", "Investigating the Role of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) in Tailoring Interfacial Electrocatalytic Environments on Au(111)", and "Thickness-Dependent Properties of Rutile Metal Oxides", respectively at the Molecular and Atomic EngineerRing of Interfacial Electrocatalytic Environments (MARIE) meeting in Minneapolis, MN
  • Jun 2025: Yaneiska Ruiz-Torres joins the group as an MRSEC REU student. Welcome aboard, Yaneiska!
  • Jun 2025: Molly presented a research poster at the Water Electrolysis Gordon Conference in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, titled "Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions under Oscillating Electrochemical Potential."
  • May 2025: Molly presented her research presentation at the 247th Electrochemical Society Meeting in Montreal, Canada, titled "Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions under Oscillating Electrochemical Potential."
  • May 2025: Mohan, Ruth, Uyen, and Zaki successfully passed their preliminary exams and are now PhD candidates!
  • Mar 2025: Molly presented a research poster at the Center for Programmable Energy Catalysis (CPEC) meeting in Minneapolis, MN, titled "Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions under Oscillating Electrochemical Potential," and received a best poster award. Congratulations, Molly!  
  • Feb 2025: Kelly presented her research at the 2025 Chemical Reactions at Surfaces Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, California.
  • Nov 2024: The Stoerzinger group welcomes new PhD students - Shinnosuke, Skyler (co-advised w/ Neurock), and Amber (co-advised w/ Neurock). Welcome aboard, team!
  • Oct 2024: Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger shared our group's work in the Pioneers of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering symposium of AIChE Fall 2024, San Diego, CA
  • Oct 2024: Paper led by alumnus Quinn Carvalho is accepted at JPCC!
  • Sep 2024: Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger presented in the Women in Science Lecture series on "Surface Science, Interface Science, Catalysis, and Electrochemistry" at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
  • Aug 2024: Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger has received the 2025 Marks-Ipatieff Award in Catalysis from the American Chemical Society for outstanding chemical experimental work in the field of catalysis or high pressure. Congrats Kelsey!!!
  • Aug 2024: Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger delivered a talk on "Understanding cation effects in nitrate electroreduction" and "Understanding water oxidation and competing electrochemical processes on IrO2" at ACS Fall 2024, Denver, CO
  • August 2024: Dr. Rajkumar Jana presented his work on "Facet-Dependent Activity and Selectivity of Rutile IrO2 for Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions" at ACS Fall 2024, Denver, CO
  • Aug 2024: The Stoerzinger group bids adieu to Gabrielle. Wishing you all the best!
  • Aug 2024: Gabrielle presented her work on "Electrochemical characterization of ionogels and ionic liquids in varying environmental conditions" in the MRSEC REU Program Final Presentation and Summer Undergraduate Research Expo Poster Session.
  • Jul 2024: Prof. Kelsey Stoerzinger hosted "Exploring Materials Engineering - Ionic Conductivity," an on-campus outreach event in Eureka! 2024
  • Jun 2024: The Stoerzinger lab welcomes its new member, Kaavya Nimmakayala. Welcome Kaavya!
  • May 2024: Gabrielle Solymosy joins the group as an MRSEC REU student. Welcome aboard, Gabrielle!
  • May 2024: Kelly passes her prelim exam to advance to PhD candidacy!!!
  • Apr 2024: Molly passes her prelim exam to advance to PhD candidacy!!!
  • Apr 2024: Devesh and Kelly present a poster at MRS
  • Jan 2024: Dr. Krishna Padavala joins the group as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome Krishna!
  • Dec 2023: Welcome to the newest and youngest member of our group, Jamie!
  • Dec 2023: Dr. Devesh Pathak joins the group as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome Devesh!
  • Dec 2023: Krishna defended his Ph.D. thesis - Congratulations Dr. Padavala!
  • Nov 2023: The Stoerzinger lab welcomes new PhD student members - Ruth Bello, Uyen Nguyen, Mohan Sabbineni, and Mohammad Zaki!
  • Sept 2023: The Stoerzinger lab started operating in the CEMS department.
  • Sept 2023: Kelsey Stoerzinger joins CEMS as an Associate Professor.
  • Jun 2023: Quinn defended his Ph.D. thesis - Congratulations Dr. Carvalho!