Resnick Sustainability Institute
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2025
- Schaus, Lucas Jean Nicolas — Studies on Scaling Throughput in Protein Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Yu, Jing — Safe and Scalable Learning-Based Control: Theory and Application in Sustainable Energy Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2024
- Sun, Yuchun — 3D Micro-Architected Materials for Batteries (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Zeichner, Sarah Soojin — Fates of Carbon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2023
- Beery, Sara Meghan — Where the Wild Things Are: Computer Vision for Global-Scale Biodiversity Monitoring (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Chen, Zhewei — Engineering Conditional Guide RNAs for Cell-Selective Regulation of CRISPR/Cas9 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Cole, Elijah Henry John — Visual and Spatial Representation Learning with Applications in Ecology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Dove, Lilian Aja — Impacts of Zonal Asymmetry on Southern Ocean Dynamics and Biogeochemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Dowling, Jacqueline Anne — Long-Duration Energy Storage in Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Kerkovius, Jeffrey Kevan — Total Synthesis of Lupin Alkaloids, Diterpenoid Alkaloids, and Progress Towards the Myrsinane Diterpenes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Li, Tongxin — Learning-Augmented Control and Decision-Making: Theory and Applications in Smart Grids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- López Gómez, Ignacio — A Unified Data-Informed Model of Turbulence and Convection for Climate Prediction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Quine, Cullen Mackenzie — Tunability of Gas Adsorption Enthalpies in Carbonaceous Materials for Energy-Related Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Tribby, Ariana Linnae — Inference of Global Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Versaw, Brooke Ann — Thermally and Mechanically Responsive Platforms for Functional Polymeric Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Werner, Lucien Desloge — Uncertainty and Decentralization: Two Themes in an Energy Transformation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Zhang, Yi — Application of Heterojunction Ni-Sb-SnO₂ Anodes for Electrochemical Water Treatment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Zott, Michael David — Strategic Applications of Electrochemistry in Ammonia Oxidation and Alkyl Halide Reduction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2022
- Gu, Alan Yalun — Aqueous Aerosols in Atmospheric Chemistry and Airborne Diseases (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Saccone, Max Anthony — Vat Photopolymerization Additive Manufacturing of Functional Materials: from Batteries to Metals and Alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Went, Cora Margaret — Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Ultrathin Solar Cells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2021
- Ford, Rachel Rae — Controlling the Dynamics of Microstructure Formation in Mixed-Matrix Polymeric-Particle Membranes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Lee, Sebastian James Rice — Combining High- and Low-Level Electronic Structure Theories for the Efficient Exploration of Potential Energy Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Lee, Zachary Jordan — The Adaptive Charging Network Research Portal: Systems, Tools, and Algorithms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Teh, Ying Shi — Understanding Imperfections and Instabilities in Crystals via Physics-Based and Data-Driven Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Yu, Weilai — Stability of Photo-Electrochemical Interface for Solar Fuels (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2020
- Chadwick, Austin John — Mechanics of River Avulsions on Lowland River Deltas (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Chalkley, Matthew J. — Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Nitrogen Fixation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Finke, Cody Enslin — An Experimental and Economic Analysis of Electrochemical Technologies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Huang, Jinglin Alice — Investigations of Different Methods to Promote Drug Mixing in the Eye (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Moon, Jaeyun — Thermal Conduction in Amorphous Materials and the Role of Collective Excitations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Naviaux, John David — Chemical and Physical Mechanisms of Calcite Dissolution in Seawater (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Taeb, Armeen — Latent-Variable Modeling: Algorithms, Inference, and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Vyatskikh, Andrey — Additive Manufacturing of 3D Nano-Architected Metals and Ceramics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2019
- Dhandapani, Chandru — Using the Force: Applications and Implications of Turbulence Forcing Terms in Direct Numerical Simulations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Guo, Linqi — Impact of Transmission Network Topology on Electrical Power Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Jhalani, Vatsal A. — Light Emission and Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in III-V Semiconductors from First Principles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Reed, Christopher John — Activation of Nitric Oxide and Water by Transition Metal Clusters Relevant to Active Sites in Biology (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Zhao, Hao — Essays on Economics of Groundwater Resource Management (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2018
- Dou, Nicholas Gang — Thermal Transport in Three-Dimensional Nanoarchitected Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Matson, Benjamin David — Interplay of Proton Transfer, Electron Transfer and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Transition Metal Mediated Nitrogen Fixation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Ren, Xiaoqi — Optimizing Resource Management in Cloud Analytics Services (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Sherrott, Michelle Caroline — Active Infrared Nanophotonics in van der Waals Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Thompson, Niklas Bjarne — A Synthetic Nitrogenase: Insights into the Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by a Single-Site Fe Catalyst (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2017
- Hunter, Bryan Michael — Fuels and Materials from Sunlight and Water (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Johnson, Samantha Jo Iva — Computational Investigation of Small Molecule Catalysis by Cobalt, Rhodium, and Iridium Molecular Catalysts (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Ravichandran, Navaneetha Krishnan — Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Phonon Boundary Scattering in Thin Silicon Membranes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Subhas, Adam Vinay — Chemical Controls on the Dissolution Kinetics of Calcite in Seawater (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Toutov, Anton Alexandrovich — Alkaline Salts of Sodium and Potassium: from C–X Reduction to C–H Functionalization and Beyond (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2016
- Araya, Daniel Borsodi — Aerodynamics of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines in Full-Scale and Laboratory-Scale Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Cahn, Jackson Kenai Blender — Engineering, Predicting, and Understanding Nicotinamide Cofactor Specificity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Duvvuri, Subrahmanyam — Non-Linear Scale Interactions in a Forced Turbulent Boundary Layer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Farivar, Masoud — Optimization and Control of Power Flow in Distribution Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Lionetti, Davide — Heterometallic Complexes as Models of Enzymatic Active Sites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Shaner, Matthew Reed — An Experimental and Technoeconomic Study of Silicon Microwire Arrays for Fuel Production Using Solar Energy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Webb, Michael Anthony — Path-Integral and Coarse-Graining Strategies for Complex Molecular Phenomena (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2015
- Brown, David Ross — Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance at the Superionic Phase Transitions of Mixed Ion-Electron Conducting Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Liu, Yiyang — Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative and Decarbonylative Transformations in the Synthesis of Fine and Commodity Chemicals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Narang, Prineha — Light-Matter Interactions in Semiconductors and Metals: From Nitride Optoelectronics to Quantum Plasmonics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Ning, Xin — Imperfection Insensitive Thin Shells (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Usiskin, Robert Ezra — Surface Activity and Bulk Defect Chemistry of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Weitekamp, Raymond Andrew — Multifunctional Materials: Bottom-Up and Top-Down (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2014
- Kosten, Emily Dell — Optical Designs for Improved Solar Cell Performance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
2013
- Abrecht, David Gregory — Thermodynamic Properties of Organometallic Dihydrogen Complexes for Hydrogen Storage Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
- Smith, Matthew Alexander — Non-Contiguous Protein Recombination (Dissertation (Ph.D.))