Today’s guest post comes from Lutz Stratmann, Senior Electrochemist, and Richard Newell, Marketing Specialist and Technical Writer, of ECS Institutional Partner PalmSens BV, who share their perspective on advancing research, collaboration, and innovation in our scientific community. In developing the EmStat4T—our latest battery-powered potentiostat with a touchscreen and QR code reader—we wanted users to be able to make it truly their own. Customization often means writing scripts, but coding can be a major hurdle for many researchers. Our goal was…
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Congratulations to the fall ECS award winners! Their awards will be recognized at the 249th ECS Meeting in Seattle, WA, US, or at an upcoming ECS Section Meeting. 

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…
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These ECS Awards, Fellowships, and Travel Grants are now accepting applications/nominations. Click on the award name for detailed information. ECS uses an electronic portal for all applications. Here are tips for the best results. Questions or concerns? Send a message; the team is ready to help!

Ankit Verma National Renewable Energy Laboratory Date: October 29, 2025 Time: 1300–1400h ET  

The Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES) proudly celebrates the rapid success of the open access article “Understanding Lithium Deposition in Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Link between Impedance Results and Electrochemical Behavior.” In just a few short weeks since publication, this paper has risen to the top of JES’s Most Read Articles of 2025, capturing global attention for its clarity, rigor, and real-world relevance. Illuminating Lithium Deposition Lithium deposition, or plating, remains a major challenge in advancing lithium-ion batteries. When metallic…
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The ECS Twin Cities Section invites you to its annual symposium at Hamline University. Join us for student poster presentations, an invited technical talk, and a light meal to fuel your mind and body. Date & Time: Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Location: Anderson Center 112, Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104 Registration is free. To help prepare for the event, please RSVP here by Sunday, October 12.

Pennington, NJ – Wesley Chang, Jovan Kamcev, Jeffrey Lopez, Gioele Pagot, and Evan Wenbo Zhao are the 2025–2026 recipients of the ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowships for innovative projects in green energy technology. The program is a partnership between The Electrochemical Society and the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor North America R&D. Through the fellowships, ECS and Toyota promote innovative and unconventional green energy technologies born from electrochemical research—and encourage young professionals and scholars to pursue battery and...
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Ines Hamam Technologist BMW Date: September 17, 2025 Time: 1000-1100h ET