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…)

Tyra Lewis

Each year, the ECS Canada Section recognizes a deserving PhD student from a Canadian university for academic achievements in our multi-disciplinary fields though the Canada Section Student Award.  The award was established in 1987 to recognize promising young engineers and scientists and to promote careers in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology. Recipients receive a USD $1,500 prize. (more…)