Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Fellow, Center for Automotive Research
Associate Editor, ACS Applied Energy Materials
Background
Anne Co obtained her B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry and Ph.D. in Chemistry with a specialization in Electrochemistry under Professor Viola Birss from the University of Calgary, Canada. She then joined National Research Council Canada in Ottawa with an NSERC Visiting Fellowship and later served as a Research Associate. In 2008, she continued her postdoctoral studies with Cynthia Friend at Harvard University with a Mary Fieser Fellowship Award. Anne Co’s current research interest is in investigating the properties of electrocatalytic materials and processes for energy conversion and storage. She joined the Ohio State Chemistry Department in August of 2010.
Current Lab Members
(updated July 2025)
Research Scientist
Dr. José L. Lorié López
Battery Team
Project: Energy Storage (battery, perovskite) and corrosion
PhD: The Ohio State University, 2018
Email: lorielopez.1@osu.edu
Visiting Scientists
Nicholas Bashian
Battery Team
Post Docs
Dr. Zhihao Cui
Catalysis Team
PhD in Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 2023
MS in Material Physics and Chemistry, Wuhan University, China
BS in Material Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China
Major projects:
- Using rotating ring-disc electrode (RRDE) to study kinetics of electroreduction
- Grand-canonical Density Functional Theory (GC-DFT) based computational methods in electrochemistry
Email: cui.591@osu.edu
Graduate Students
Battery Team
Dave Wood
Fifth Year + Student
BS in Chemistry, The Ohio State University
Project: NDP of sulfide based solid state electrolytes for lithium ion batteries
Email: wood.1153@osu.edu
Jiseon Hwang
Fifth Year + Student
BS in Chemistry, Sungshin Women’s University, South Korea, 2017
MS in Chemistry, Hanyang University, South Korea,2019
Project: Making Si-based Anode for fast charging Lithium-ion batteries
Email: hwang.599@osu.edu
Sam Mendez
Fifth Year + Student
GEM Fellow
BS in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas-Austin
Projects:
Nanostructured materials for high-energy density batteries
Binder investigation for high-capacity Si-based anodes
Email: mendez.144@osu.edu
Ariel Mendoza
Fifth Year + Student
ACS Bridge Student
BS in Chemistry, The Ohio State University
Project: Solid State Electrolytes
Email: mendoza.720@osu.edu
Chris Mangold
Third Year Student
Double Major in Chemistry and Mathematics, Kentucky Wesleyan College
Project: DRX Cathodes
Fun Fact: I am a caffeine connoisseur.
Email: mangold.30@osu.edu
Scott Mitchell
Third Year Student
BS in Chemistry and Mathematics-Interdisciplinary, Taylor University
Project: Solid-State NMR Characterization of Ion Hosting Sites in Battery Materials
Email: mitchell.2370@osu.edu
Graduate Students
Catalysis Team
Maddie Palardy
Fifth Year Student
BS in Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
Project: Aqueous and non-aqueous CO2 Reduction on various Cu based catalysts
Email: palardy.8@osu.edu
Kassidy Aztergo
Third Year Student
BS in Chemistry, Regis University, 2021
Project: Investigating local pH of electrocatalytic interfaces, tritium speciation
Email: aztergo.1@osu.edu
Alina Mary Varghese
Second Year Student
MS in Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
Project: XPS characterization of CO2 Reduction catalysts
Email: varghese.116@osu.edu
Undergraduates
Battery Team
Leah Vanbeysterveldt
Post-Baccalaureate Research Associate
Major: Chemistry, 2025
Email: vanbeysterveldt.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Ella Fischer
Major: Chemistry
Email: fischer.914@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Jia Wei Chen
Major: Chemistry
Email: chen.13105@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Jacob Stange
Major: Chemical Engineering & Japanese
Email: stange.25@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Albert Wang
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Email: wang.16503@osu.edu
Former Lab Members
Graduate Students
Dr. Modeste Tegomoh
Dr. Sung Gu Cho
Dr. Melissa Marx
Dr. Daniel Lyons
Dr. Fen Zhang
Chamathka Dehiwala Liyanage MS
Chris Bernard MS
Julen Bascaran MS
Dr. Pam Smecellat – Postdoc
Dr. Danny Liu
Dr. Eric Coleman
Katie Muhlenkamp MS
Dr. Josh Billy
Dr. Jennifer Black- Postdoc (2011-2013)
Heewon Choi MS
Raffeal Bennett MS
Jared Steed
Former Lab Members
Undergraduates
Dustin Pigg
Kate Ko
Fanqi Meng
Anna Lisa
Ben Charnay
David Raufman
Nick Mrachek
Joey Palazzo
Veronica Feng
Sean Byrne
Undergraduate student (2014)
Nicholas Bashian
Undergraduate student (2014 )
Alyssa Sherry
Undergraduate Researcher (2013-2014)
Bryan Rosales
Undergraduate Researcher (2013)
Ann Li
Undergraduate Researcher (2012-2013)
Rakay Kin
Research Assistant (2013-2014)
Kristina Corcoran
Research Assistant (2013-2014)
Jamesha Ford
Undergraduate Researcher (2013)
Adam Pridgen
Undergraduate Researcher (2012-2014)
Chibuokem Amuneke-Nze
Undergraduate Researcher (2011-2013)
Amy Casaday
Research Assistant (2012-2013)
Alexander Gibson
Undergraduate Researcher (2011-2012)
Haneul Lee
Undergraduate Researcher (2011-2012)
Kwan Leung
Undergraduate student (2011)