Lab - Albertus

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)