Group Members
The PI

Linqin Mu
Assistant Professor
Mu loves battery research that she cannot stop herself.
Postdoc researchers

Kumlachew Zelalem Walle
Ming Chi University of Technology, Battery Research Center of Green Energy, 2022
Ph.D candidates

Yuwei Zhu
Materials Science and Engineering, ASU, 2023 fall, [email protected]
MS, Materials Science and Engineering, ASU, 2023
BS, Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 2020
Yuwei is passionate about the battery research.

Yunyuan Lu
Materials Science and Engineering, ASU, 2024 fall, [email protected]
MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2022
BS, Applied Chemistry, Zhuhai College of Jilin University, 2021
Yunyuan is interested in developing advanced battery materials and advanced characterizations.
Master students

Mugdha Manish Patil
Materials Science and Engineering, ASU, 2024 fall, [email protected]
MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune, 2022

Matthew Jocobs
Materials Science and Engineering, ASU, 2025 Fall
BS, Materials Science and Engineering, ASU, 2025
Matt loves electrochemistry and synchrotron-based characterization tools!
Undergraduate students

Te Bu
Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: Summer 2026

Declan OConnor
Major in Materials Science and Engineering
Minor in Chemistry
Expected graduation: Summer 2028
Alumni
Master students
Aman Saketh, 2024, Chemical Engineering MS, now at Intel.
Zishuo Zhao, 2024, Materials Science Engineering MS, now a Ph.D candidate at UT Austin.
Goutham Rajam, 2023, Chemical Engineering MS, now at Intel.
Undergraduate students
Nicholas Antrasian, B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Jonathan McGill, MSE undergraduate
Parker Ferguson, MSE undergraduate, now at Apple Inc.
Group Photos
05/15/2025
From left to right: Yuwei, Matthew, Yunyuan, Linqin, Te Bu, Mugdha, Kumlachew

12/05/2023


From left to right: Linqin, Aman, Jonathan, Nicholas, Matthew, Zishuo, Yuwei
10/14/2022
