Bryan Mccloskey

Bryan Mccloskey

Bryan McCloskey is the Department Chair and Warren & Katharine Schlinger Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds a joint appointment as a Faculty Engineer in the Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His laboratory explores numerous applications of electrochemistry to energy sustainability, conversion, and storage. Current projects focus on the characterization and development of solid-state batteries, metal-air batteries, Li-ion battery fast charging, low-temperature Li-ion electrolytes, and earth abundant high energy Li-ion cathode materials. He has co-authored more than 150 articles and has won numerous awards for his research, including The Electrochemical Society Charles Tobias Award, The International Society of Electrochemistry Tajima Prize, and the VW/BASF Science Award- Electrochemistry. More information about the McCloskey Lab can be found at the Lab’s website: www.mccloskeylab.com.

Contact Information

Phone: 510-642-2295

Awards

Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award: Bryan McCloskey -  July 30th 2020
Bryan McCloskey, a chemical faculty engineer in the Energy Storage Group at ESDR, has received the 2020 Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award from The Electrochemical Society, a member-led organization dedicated to advancing electrochemical and solid state science. The biannual award recognizes “outstanding scientific and/or engineering work in fundamental or applied electrochemistry or solid-state science and technology by a young scientist or engineer.”
 
McCloskey’s research broadly focuses on characterization of new battery materials that have promise to improve upon the performance of current state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries. As part of the award, McCloskey will receive $5,000, complimentary registration for the society’s fall meeting, a dinner held in his honor, a framed scroll and life membership.
 
“Winning this award is particularly special to me because it bears the name of Prof. Charles W. Tobias, one of the founding faculty of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at UC Berkeley,” McCloskey said. “He was a beloved figure, not only due to his pioneering contributions to the electrochemical sciences, but also for his empathy and kindness.
 
“I am grateful and indebted to the students, postdocs, and colleagues that I have had the privilege of working with and learning from throughout the years, and this award recognizes their continuing influence on our laboratory.”
Scialog Fellow -  November 1st 2017

Bryan McCloskey was selected as a Scialog Fellow in the November 2017 Advanced Energy Storage Scialog Symposium.

2017 Mellichamp Distinguished Lecturer -  September 6th 2017

Bryan McCloskey was selected as the 2017 Mellichamp Distinguished Lecturer by the junior faculty in the Chemical Engineering Department at Georgia Tech.

National Science Foundation Career Award -  July 1st 2017

Bryan McCloskey received a National Science Foundation Career Award through Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET).

NSF Career Award -  January 1st 2017

Novel redox-active electrolyte additives to enhance efficiency and direct product selectivity in electroreduction reactions

Science Award Electrochemistry -  October 28th 2015

Received the Science Award Electrochemistry from BASF and Volkswagon for his “outstanding research in the area of lithium-oxygen batteries.” His works has “decisively contributed to the deeper understanding” of these batteries.

Early Career Analytical Electrochemistry Prize of ISE Division 1 -  September 1st 2015

Bryan McCloskey received the Early Career award from the International Society of Electrochemistry in recognition of his recent achievements in analytical electrochemistry.

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