Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Director, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
1206B Engineering Lab Building, UMD College Park
albertus (at) umd.edu
301.405.2368

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2009

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
Program Director, Advanced Research Programs Agency – Energy, US Department of Energy, 2014-2018
Senior Research Engineer, Robert Bosch Research and Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA, 2009-2013

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Electrochemical technologies for energy storage and conversion, including the materials needed to enable advances.
• Lithium-ion, lithium metal, flow, and other battery systems.
• Electrolysis processes, including alkaline water electrolysis.
• Degradation and failure analysis.
• Continuum-scale mathematical modeling of electrochemical processes and devices.
• Thermodynamic, transport, and kinetic property measurements.
• Energy technology entrepreneurship and innovation, including energy system analysis to identify innovation opportunities.

PROGRAM CREATION AT ARPA-E:

At ARPA-E I led the creation of two new programs, here are links to the Funding Opportunity Announcements I wrote with my colleagues:

IONICS (solid separators for lithium metal batteries, alkaline electrolysis/fuel cells, and flow batteries)

DAYS (stationary energy storage systems with 10 to 100 hours at rated power)