Research Staff
MSRI’s research staff now includes six Ph.D.s and three research engineers, including:
Neill Weber, Ph.D.
Dr. Weber is an in-house consultant at MSRI. He has 12 patents and 27 publications to his credit, many of which have resulted in technologies that have been commercialized. His pioneering work on AMTEC and Na-S battery using β"-alumina solid electrolytes was done during his time at Ford Motor Company. Dr. Weber has more than 30 years experience on β"-alumina materials and other electrochemical devices.
Research Scientists & Principal Investigators:
Greg Tao, Ph.D.
Dr. Tao is currently the Principal Investigator on two DOE funded projects for hydrogen production from natural gas using solid-state electrochemical devices. He has extensive experience in phenomenological and numerical models of fuel cells and electrolyzers, solid-state electrochemistry, and thermal science. Dr. Tao graduated from the University of Arizona with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China with a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Koh is currently the Principal Investigator for a DOE funded project aimed at developing and optimizing fuel cell performance. Past research efforts include fuel cells (MCFC, SOFC, PEMFC), fuel processing systems, chromatography analysis, separation technologies, thin film deposition, and theoretical modeling and simulation. Dr. Koh graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Dasgupta was a Principal Investigator (PI) for a DOE project aimed at developing composite glass seals for SOFCs and is currently the PI for a DOD funded project on developing thermal shock resistant, IR transparent window materials. He has extensive industrial and post doctoral experience in oxide nanopowder synthesis, ceramic processing and fabrication, materials development for solid oxide fuel cells and thermodynamic property evaluation of oxides. Dr. Dasgupta has a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India and has been a post doctoral research associate at the University of Utah.