Abiram Krishan

Congratulations to Georgia Tech PhD student Abiram Krishan! The 2025 Georgia Section Outstanding Student Achievement Award recognizes his contributions to advancing knowledge of battery redox mechanisms via advanced x-ray characterization techniques.

Abiram Krishnan is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, advised by Dr. Faisal Alamgir. His research explores the role of anion redox in metal-oxide cathodes for lithium ion batteries. In particular, he investigates how anions influence the stability and energy density of these materials.   (more…)

Wonhyeong Kim

Wonhyeong Kim of the University of Arizona is among the more than 20 society and division award winners being recognized at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, USA from October 12-16, 2025. This award recognizes promising graduate students for conducting outstanding research in the field of sensors.

Wonhyeong was selected for his outstanding contributions to the development of molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensors and advancements in wearable electrochemical sensor technologies. His award talk, Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP)-Based Sensors for the Sensitive and Selective Detection of Analytes, will be presented on Monday, October 13. You can view his award talk abstract and learn more about Wonhyeong here. (more…)

Jijo Christudasjustus

Congratulations to the Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award recipient, Jijo Christudasjustus of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory! Dr. Christudasjustus is recognized for studies in passive film structure, corrosion initiation, propagation, and repassivation mechanisms in corrosion-resistant aluminum alloys using scanning transmission electron microscopy.

He presents his award lecture, “Corrosion Mechanisms and Passive Film Evolution in Nanostructured Al Alloys with Far-from-Equilibrium Compositions,” on October 14, 2025, at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago, IL, US. Don’t miss it! (more…)

Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America 

Congratulations to Seungju Yu, Seoul National University, and Xintong Yuan, University of California, Los Angeles, 2025 ECS Battery Division Student Research Award recipients. The award, established in 1979 and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America since 2018, recognizes promising young electrochemical power source engineers and scientists and encourage them to initiate or continue careers in the field.

Nominations for the 2026 ECS Battery Division Student Research Award Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Research & Development open on October 15, 2025. Learn more! (more…)

The Electrochemical Society (ECS) named 12 members to the 2025 Class of Fellows of The Electrochemical Society. This designation was established in 1989 to recognize advanced individual technological contributions to electrochemistry and solid state science and technology, and for service to the Society. These members are recognized for scientific achievements, leadership, and active participation in the Society. Each year, up to 15 renowned scientists and engineers are chosen by their peers for this honor.

The 2025 ECS Fellows are (listed alphabetically): Thierry Brousse, Université de Nantes; Scott Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University; Uroš Cvelbar, Jožef Stefan Institute; Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.; Bing-Joe Hwang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology; Ryoji Kanno, Institute of Science Tokyo; Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University; Radenka Maric, University of Connecticut; Nosang Myung, University of Notre Dame; Colm O’Dwyer, University College Cork; Jeff Sakamoto, University of California, Santa Barbara; and David Wilkinson, University of British Columbia.

The induction of the 2025 Class of ECS Fellows takes place on October 13, 2025, at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA.

Join us in congratulating our new ECS Fellows!  (more…)

Congratulations to Michelle Katz of the University of Washington (UW) on being selected as the 2025 Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award recipient. The award recognizes Michelle’s contributions to developing new materials and manufacturing strategies to fabricate three-dimensional lithium ion batteries (LIBs). Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsors the award. (more…)

Kyeong-Seok Oh

Dr. Kyeong-Seok Oh is the winner of the 2025 Korea Section Student Award for his seminal contributions to the development of single-ion conducting solid state hybrid electrolytes and scalable battery technologies, advancing ionic conductivity, interfacial stability and processability, and demonstrating exceptional leadership in energy storage innovation.

Join us in congratulating Kyeong-Seok! (more…)