He received his B.A. in Chemistry at the University of Oregon in 2003 where he was a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. He received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry with Galen Stucky at UC Santa Barbara in 2008 where he was an NSF Graduate Research and UC Chancellor’s Fellow. As a Kavli Nanoscience Institute Prize Postdoctoral Scholar, he studied three-dimensional Si electrode structures at the California Institute of Technology working with Nathan Lewis and Harry Atwater. His research is at the intersection of materials science and electrochemistry, with a focus on fundamental aspects of solar energy conversion and storage. In 2011 he was named one of 18 DuPont Young Professors worldwide, in 2014 a Cottrell Scholar, and in 2015 both a Sloan and a Dreyfus awardee. Learn more about his research.