COBI brings together a dynamic, interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. Our researchers are leaders in molecular design, electrochemistry, AI-driven discovery, and battery prototyping.

Leadership

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Shrayesh Patel

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Director, COBI

Doug Weinberg

Co-Director & Translation Lead, COBI; Co-Director, CAMES; Entrepreneur

Scholars

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Rajeev Assary

Group Leader, Chemist Molecular Materials Group in the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
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Laura Gagliardi

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the James Franck Institute
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Pedro Lopes

Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Y. Shirley Meng

Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Founding Faculty Director, Energy Technologies Initiative
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Anna Wuttig

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry

Research Associate Professors

Minghao Zhang

Research Associate Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago

Postdoctoral Scholars

Liping Liu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kun Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Graduate Students

Andrea Diaz

Graduate Student, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Gregory Gorobets

Graduate Student, UChicago Department of Chemistry

Ashley Lam

Graduate Student, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Romain Nith

PhD Student, UChicago Department of Computer Science

Yunhao Zhao

Graduate Student, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Undergraduate Researchers

Ashok Tate

Undergraduate Researcher

Staff

Melanie Burns

Managing Director

Mónica Lugo

Program Administrator