Michael Hickner is creating new materials at Michigan State University to improve energy and water technologies.
As the Craig A. Rogerson Endowed Professor in Chemical Engineering, he uses polymer science and materials to solve engineering problems by applying the tools of chemistry and chemical engineering.
“We’re interested in lots of different applications that used functional materials, such as advanced batteries and water purification,” he said. “We perform experiments and use data science techniques to predict new molecules that have high ionic conductivity. These new ionic materials can be used in a wide range of energy and water technologies.”