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Principal Investigator

Kelsey Stoerzinger, Principal Investigator

Kelsey Stoerzinger

Associate Professor - Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

Office: 487 Amundson Hall
Email: zinger [at] umn.edu
Links: Google Scholar | LinkedIn

Education:

  • Linus Pauling Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2016 - 2018 
  • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
  • M.Phil., Physics (Churchill Scholar), University of Cambridge, 2011
  • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2010

Postdoctoral Associates

Rajkumar Jana, Postdoc

Rajkumar Jana

Ph.D., Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2022
M.S.,  Chemical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 2015
B.Sc., Chemistry (Honors), Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Narendrapur) - University of Calcutta, 2012 

Joined the group in 2023.

Email: jana0047 [at] umn.edu 
Links: Google Scholar | LinkedIn


Graduate Students

Kaavya, Grad

 

Kaavya Nimmakayala

5th Year Materials Science PhD student

M.S., Materials Science Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2024
B.S., Materials Science Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 2021

Email: nimma019 [at] umn.edu

Molly, Grad

Molly Vitale-Sullivan

5th Year Materials Science PhD student

M.S., Materials Science, Oregon State University, 2023
B.S., Mathematics - Physics, The College of Idaho, 2020

Email: vital071 [at] umn.edu
Links: Google Scholar | LinkedIn

Kelly

Kelly White 

4th Year Materials Science PhD student

B.S., Chemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, 2021

Email: whit3550 [at] umn.edu
Links: LinkedIn

Ruth

Ruth Bello 

3rd Year Chemical Engineering PhD student

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Buffalo (UB), 2023

Email: bello153 [at] umn.edu
Links: LinkedIn

Uyen, Grad

Uyen Nguyen

3rd Year Chemical Engineering PhD student (co-advised with Prof. Neurock)

B.S., Chemistry and Physics, Hollins University, 2023

Email: nguy5137 [at] umn.edu

mohan

Mohan Sabbineni

3rd Year Materials Science PhD student

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, 2021

Email: sabbi006 [at] umn.edu
Links: Google Scholar | LinkedIn

Zaki

Mohammad Asaf Zaki (Zaki)

3rd Year Materials Science PhD student

B.Tech., Ceramic Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, 2020

Email: zaki0011 [at] umn.edu
Links: LinkedIn

Shinnosuke

Shinnosuke Kamohara

2nd Year Materials Science PhD student

B.E., Materials Science, Tohoku University, 2024

Email: kamoh001 [at] umn.edu
Links: LinkedIn

skyler

Skyler Kauffman

2nd Year Chemical Engineering PhD student (co-advised with Prof. Neurock)

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2024
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2024

Email: sbk [at] umn.edu
Links: Google Scholar | LinkedIn 

amber

Amber Simon

2nd Year Chemical Engineering PhD student (co-advised with Prof. Neurock)

B.A., Chemistry and Physics, Gustavus Adolphus College, 2023

Email: simo0783 [at] umn.edu
Links: LinkedIn 

justin

Justin Cao

1st Year Materials Science PhD student (co-advised with Prof. Siepmann)

B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2024

Email: cao00122 [at] umn.edu
Links: LinkedIn 

michael

Michael Galvin

1st Year Chemical Engineering PhD student - NSF GRFP

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2025

Email: galvi080 [at] umn.edu
Links: Google Scholar | LinkedIn 


Undergraduate Students

aiden

Aiden Aldinger

Senior Year, B.S., Chemical Engineering 

Email: aldin016 [at] umn.edu
 

amy

Amy Miller

Junior Year, B.S., Chemistry 

Email: mil00205 [at] umn.edu
 


Visiting Students/Researchers

  • Gabrielle Solymosy - 2024 MRSEC REU Student, University of Chicago
  • Yaneiska Ruiz-Torres - 2025 MRSEC REU Student, Universidad Ana G. Méndez - Cupey Campus

Alumni

  • Dr. Devesh Pathak, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2025.
  • Dr. Sri Krishna Murthy Padavala, Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Researcher, 2025, Research Scientist - Lam Research
  • O. Quinn Carvalho, Ph.D., 2023, Postdoctoral Researcher - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Prajwal "PJ" Adiga, Ph.D., 2022, Process Engineer - 8 Rivers
  • Kuan-Hsun Chou, M.S., 2022