What does it take to become a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society? To be eligible, one must be an ECS member, have made advanced individual technological contributions in electrochemical and solid state science and technology, and be actively involved in ECS affairs.

If you know an ECS member who meets these criteria, nominate them today! If you nominated a member last year who was not selected, know that nominations are good for two years. If the nominees’ ECS memberships are active, they are automatically reconsidered without a new nomination submission. (more…)

Ying Xia of the University of Washington is the 2024 ECS Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific recipient. The award recognizes Ying’s outstanding contribution to understanding and controlling dynamic processes at the electrode-electrolyte interface in energy storage devices, exceptional cross-institutional collaborative leadership in electrochemistry, and dedication to community engagement through education and outreach. The award is presented at the Pacific Northwest Section meeting held during the Oregon Electrochemistry Conference from September 19-20, 2024, in Eugene, OR.

Learn more about the award and review the list of past recipients on the award page. (more…)

Noor Ul Hassan and Maha Yusuf Receive Awards

The ECS Energy Technology Division recognized the 2024 recipients of the Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award Sponsored by BioLogic at the 245th ECS Meeting held in San Francisco, CA. Congratulations to Noor Ul Hassan of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, recognized for advances in the understanding and performance of electrochemical fuel cells and electrolyzers, and Maha Yusuf of Princeton University for her scientific contribution to revealing three-dimensional morphological growth mechanisms and spatial heterogeneities of dead and active Li on graphite anodes, in situ, non-destructively in a full-cell lithium-ion battery under extreme fast-charging conditions

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Congratulations to the 2024 ECS Canada Section Student Award winners, Anu Adamson, Dalhousie University, for her contributions to the understanding and eliminating self-discharge in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, and Shipeng Jia, McGill University, for contributions to the field of electrochemistry and energy storage materials and excellent achievements in advancing sodium and lithium-ion battery research.

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Congratulations to the 2024 San Francisco Section Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award Recipient, Justin C. Bui of the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The award recognizes his outstanding work on developing continuum models, understanding the impact of transport and catalysis in bipolar ion-conducting polymer membranes, and elucidating the influence of the microenvironment on the activity and selectivity for the electrochemical reduction of CO₂.

Justin C. Bui

Justin C. Bui is a fifth year PhD candidate at UC Berkeley and researcher in the Liquid Sunlight Alliance U.S. Department of Energy Hub at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Justin earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, working with Prof. Daniel Esposito to fabricate membrane-less electrolyzers for sustainable hydrogen production from seawater. At Berkeley, Justin’s research with Prof. Alexis Bell and Dr. Adam Weber focuses on the use of continuum-level theory to understand the impact of transport and catalysis in bipolar ion-conducting polymer membranes, as well as to elucidate the influence of the catalytic microenvironment on the activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide (CO₂) electroreduction to value-added chemical products. Throughout his PhD, Justin worked closely with experimentalists to drastically advance the development of carbon capture and conversion devices. Justin received prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) research fellowships. Outside of the lab, Justin developed inclusive, experiential curricula to introduce K-12 students to electrochemistry. He will soon start as a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Karthish Manthiram to develop electrochemical reactors capable of oxidatively activating nitrogen to make plastics and fertilizer precursors directly from air. (more…)

2023 ASBM

Marriott Marquis San Francisco, Tuesday, May 28, at 1200h PDT

Gerardine Botte, President of The Electrochemical Society, invites you to the Society’s Annual Society Business Meeting and Luncheon (ASBM) on Tuesday, May 28, at 1200h PDT on site at the 245th ECS Meeting in San Francisco, CA, US.

Join us for a plated lunch and listen as the Society’s senior leaders review the successes and challenges of 2023 and preview exciting plans for the coming year!

Tickets, which are required for this event, can be purchased online or on site at Customer Service in Registration. (more…)

Minji Kim

The Society and ECS Korea Section congratulate the 2024 Korea Section Student Award winner, Minji Kim. The award recognizes Minji’s significant contributions to elucidating the degradation mechanisms of cathode materials in lithium ion batteries.

Join us in congratulating Minji! We wish her continued success in her electrochemistry and solid state science studies and research.

Minji Kim

Minji Kim is enrolled in the integrated Energy Science and Engineering MS and PhD program at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), where she started in the fall of 2018. Her research under Professor Won-Sub Yoon’s supervision at the SKKU Energy Conversion & Storage Materials Laboratory (ECSML) focuses on analyzing the capacity degradation mechanisms of cathode materials for lithium ion batteries using synchrotron x-ray. Her investigation of capacity degradation during long-term high-temperature cycles in a pouch full cell system, employing commercial Ni-rich layered cathode materials and graphite anode materials, was published in 2023 in Advanced Energy Materials (13, 41, 2302209). Minji also conducts ongoing research on various mechanisms of both commercial cathode materials and next-generation cathode materials, including Li-rich disordered materials. (more…)