Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Director, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
1206B Engineering Lab Building, UMD College Park
email: albertus (at) umd.edu
301.405.2368
Paul Albertus is an Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UMD. Dr. Albertus received a BSE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He then worked at the Bosch Research and Technology Center in Palo Alto, CA, where he was a Senior Research Engineering. From 2014 to 2018 Dr. Albertus worked as a Fellow and Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) at the US Department of Energy, where he initiated and management programs on electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Dr Albertus initiated the DAYS program on Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) in 2018, which contributed to a significant expansion of interest in that topic. Dr. Albertus joined the University of Maryland in 2019, where he has created a research group, teaches classes, and serves as the Associate Director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute.
Research Scientists
Dr. Keith Duncan
PhD Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, 2001
M. Phil. Physics, University of the West Indies, 1996
B.Sc. Physics, University of the West Indies, 1989
Google Scholar
email: klduncan@umd.edu
Dr. Yueming Song
PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, 2020
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2014
Google Scholar
email: ysong722@umd.edu
Dr. Taeho Jung
PhD Engineering Science, University of Oxford, 2023
B.E/B.S, Renewable Energy Systems/Physics, Australian National University, 2016
LinkedIn
Google Scholar
email: tjung234@umd.edu
Dr. Suelki Cho
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Korea, 2019
email: seulki@umd.edu
Graduate Students
Bhuvsmita Bhargava
M.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2020
B.E. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences Pilani – Goa, 2017
Google Scholar
email: bbhargav@umd.edu
Karl Larson
B.S. Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017
email: klarson2@umd.edu
Michael McKee
M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2023
B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018
LinkedIn
email: mmckee1@umd.edu
Zixuan Wang
B.E. Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2022
email: zwang22@umd.edu
Florencia Petracci
B.S Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 2022
LinkedIn
email: fpetrac@umd.edu
Ebenezer Kobina Sam
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 2021
B.S. Kwame Nkrumah’ University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, 2017
LinkedIn
email: esam@umd.edu
Philip Nega
M.S.E. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2017
B.S. Chemistry, Haverford College, 2016
Google Scholar
email: pwnega@umd.edu
Khakim Asadov
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Irvine, 2024
email: kasadov@umd.edu
Alumni
Postdoctoral Associates:
PhD Students:
- Dr. Nathan Johnson (PhD, 2023)
- Dr. Eric Carmona (PhD, 2023)
Masters Students:
- Taiwo Oladapo Ogundipe (MS, 2024)
- Mary York (MS, 2021)
- Destiny Oparaocha (MS, 2021)
Undergraduate Students:
- Trent Badrak