Dr.Robert Messinger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at [Institution Placeholder, e.g., The City College of New York]. His research focuses on developing innovative solutions to global challenges in energy and the environment, with particular emphasis on energy storage, electrochemical systems, battery technologies, and materials recycling. His work leverages advanced electrochemical methods and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to probe and control material properties at the molecular level, with the goal of improving device performance and process efficiency.
Dr. Messinger received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2012, and earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2006. He completed his postdoctoral training as a European Union Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at CNRS in Orléans, France, where he conducted research at the CEMHTI Laboratory and within the RS2E French Network for Electrochemical Energy Storage from 2012 to 2014. He then continued his postdoctoral work at the CNRS & Grenoble Institute of Technology, where he was affiliated with the LEPMI Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Physical Chemistry of Materials & Interfaces from 2014 to 2015.
His interdisciplinary research lies at the intersection of chemical engineering, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and materials science. By understanding materials and electrochemical behavior from the molecular to the device scale, his lab aims to enable more sustainable and efficient energy technologies. Dr. [Last Name] is particularly interested in advancing next-generation battery systems and circular approaches to energy materials through recycling and reuse.