Author Archives: scbarton
Welcome, Dr. Selvarani Ganesan!
Dr. Selvarani Ganesan has joined our group as a postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Ganesan received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Madras in 2010, where her advisor was Dr. Ashok Shukla (the same advisor as our esteemed colleague Dr. Kothandarman Ramanujam). … Continue reading
Vijayadurga Nallathambi’s Graduation
Congratulations to Vijayadurga Nallathambi, who defended her dissertation last week and graduated on Friday.
Postdoctoral position available
A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the area non-precious metal catalysis of oxygen reduction for fuel cells. Candidates with strong backgrounds in synthesis of electrocatalysts, particularly by solid-state techniques, as well as electrochemical and physical characterization of high-surface area … Continue reading
Proxy marklet
Here’s a way to access a journal web site from off-campus using the MSU Proxy. If you’re on a web page for an article, and you can’t download the PDF without paying for it, clicking this toolbar link will let you log … Continue reading
Fuel Sensitivity of Mediated Laccase Electrodes
A new paper by Deboleena Chakraborty et al. is now available in JES on the interaction between methanol and laccase bioelectrocatalysts in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Methanol crossover limits methanol feed concentrations and power density in mainstream DMFCs. Here … Continue reading
Goli Nossoni Thesis Defense
Congratulations to Goli Nossoni, who successfully defended her thesis today, on the topic of “Holistic Electrochemical and Mechanical Modeling of Corrosion-induced Cracking in Concrete Structures”. Goli will earn her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, and was jointly advised by Dr. Barton … Continue reading
Poster Award
Congratulations to Durga Nallathambi for her Best Poster award at the recent Blue-Green Seminar. Click on the image to see the full poster. A prominent faculty member at UM told Durga that hers is a “hot area” and that she … Continue reading



