Meet the team!
The team is the core aspect behind the success of the Electrochemical Technology Center (ETC) centre for electrochemical research and technology. The team consists of enthusiastic scientists and researchers committed to innovation and excellence. Their research extends across different areas such as novel energy storage solutions and ground-breaking electrochemical sensors. Collectively the ETC team stretches the limits of electrochemical knowledge by creating an atmosphere that encourages imagination.
ETC Researchers

Aicheng Chen (Director)
- Electrochemistry
- Photoelectrochemistry
- Green Chemistry
- Materials Science
- Nanoscience

Leanne Chen
- Computational Chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Materials and Interfaces
- Energy Storage
- Sustainability

Ryan Clemmer
- Alternative energy
- Composites
- Energy conversion systems
- Fuel cells
- Metal-ceramic composites

John Dutcher
- Materials Science
- Thin Films
- Membranes
- Drug Delivery
- Surface Characterization

Animesh Dutta
- Biomass and Agri-residue Processing and Conversion
- Renewable and Clean Energy
- Chemical Upcycling of Waste for Chemicals and Materials

Abdallah Elsayed
- Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites
- Fabrication and Characterization of Alloys
- In-situ Neutron Diffraction

Khashayar Ghandi
- Materials Science
- Green Chemistry
- Electrochemical processes in supercritical conditions
- Sensing

Abdelaziz Houmam
- Electrochemistry
- Electrochemical Synthesis
- Interfaces
- Materials Science

De-tong Jiang
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
- Condensed Matter and Material Physics
- Synchrotron Radiation

Stefan Kycia
- Nanoscience
- Biophysics
- Chemical Physics
- Condensed Matter and Material Physics
- X-ray Diffraction Techniques

Huiyan Li
- Biosensing
- Micro and Nanofabrication
- Biooptics and Bioelectronics
- Computational tools with biomedicine

Jacek Lipkowski
- Biomimetic Films and Phospholipid Membranes
- Electrodeposition and Electrometallurgy
- Surface Electrochemistry and Catalysis

Erica Pensini
- Piezoelectric gels for clean energy production
- New energy-efficient water treatment technologies
- Water-miscible pollutant migration

Xiaorong Qin
- Nanostructured Materials
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Surfaces and Interfaces

Dan Thomas
- Electrocatalysis
- Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
- Materials Science
- Education

Peter Tremaine
- High temperature aqueous chemistry
- Nuclear reactor chemistry
- Hydrothermal geochemistry