Team

Principal Investor

Xiaotu Ma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering

Email: xiaotuma@binghamton.edu

Phone: 607-777-5036

Office: EB R6

Work Experience and Education

Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, 2024.08 - now

Assistant Research Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Insitute, 2022.10-2024.08

Postdoc, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2021.09-2022.09

Ph.D., Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2021

M.S., Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2017

B.S., Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2015

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Graduate Students

Yihao Shen, Ph.D. Student, 2025.01- now

M.Eng., Soochow University, 2024

B.Eng., Soochow University, 2021

Email: yshen11@binghamton.edu 

Research interest: My research focuses on the synthesis of advanced battery materials, the recycling of commercialized battery components, and the in-depth characterization of materials. I am particularly interested in developing sustainable and high-performance energy storage solutions by optimizing material design and recovery processes.

Xiaoman Ye, Ph.D. Student, 2025.08 - now
M.Eng., Sun Yat-sen University, 2025
B.Eng., Henan Polytechnic University, 2018
Email: xye7@binghamton.edu  
Research interest: Sustainable energy storage materials developing and Zn batteries.

Azan Iftikhar, Master's Student, 2025.08 - now
B.S., Binghamton University, 2025
Email: miftikh1@binghamton.edu   
Research interest: My research focus on understanding battery degradation mechanism and designing suitable recycling methods.

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Undergraduate Students

Anna Jiang, Bachelor's Student in ISE and Drawing, Binghamton University, 2025
Email: ajiang35@binghamton.edu    
Research interest: Contributing to commercial battery recycling projects; currently operating Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) to analyze recovered materials
Hobbies: Hiking and all kinds of crafts.

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Visiting Students

Kelsea Bancroft, B.S. in Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 2025.05 - 2025.08