Current Ph.D. Students (5)
Anna Douglas, 2014 – present
B.S. Chemistry, Lee University
NSF Graduate Fellow, 2015 – Present
CEO, SkyNano LLC 2017 – Present
ORNL Innovation Crossroads Fellow, 2017 – Present
Research Interests: Energy Storage; CO2 conversion into valuable stable carbon nanostructures.
Kathleen (Kate) Moyer, 2016- present
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
NSF Graduate Fellow, 2018 – Present
Research Interests: Electrochemical synthesis of nanomaterials, multifunctional batteries, high power batteries, battery manufacturing
Janna Eaves, 2018- present
B.S. Materials Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Magnesium batteries, Wearable energy harvesters and batteries, Multifunctional Batteries
John Waugh, 2018- present
B.S. Physics, Virginia Tech
Research Interests: Water Desalination, Batteries
Murtaza Zohair, 2018- present
B.S. Materials Science, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Research Interests: Fibers with integrated energy harvesting and/or energy storage.
Group Alumni:
Prof. Pint has granted 7 Ph.D.s, 1 M.S., and 1 postdoctoral fellow.
Dr. Landon 
Oakes, 2012 – 2016
Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Materials Science/Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: Research Scientist at PPG Industries
Lab Expertise: Electrophoretic manufacturing, metal ion batteries, supercapacitors, strain engineering.
Dr. Andrew Westover, 2012 – 2016
Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Materials Science/Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: Staff Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(*Finalist for nationally competitive ORNL Director’s fellowship)
Lab Expertise: Multifunctional and integrated energy storage, thin film mechanics, water desalination.
Dr. Rachel Carter, 2013 – 2017
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at Naval Research Laboratory
Lab Expertise: Lithium-sulfur and sodium-sulfur batteries, silicon processing, in-situ spectroscopy methods.
Dr. Nitin Muralidharan, 2014-2018
Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Materials Science/Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(*Finalist for nationally competitive ORNL Director’s fellowship)
Lab Expertise: Multifunctional Energy Storage, Mechano-Chemistry of Battery Materials, Energy Harvesting Devices
Dr. Mengya Li, 2014-2018
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lab Expertise: Lithium-sulfur batteries, Nanomanufacturing of 1D and 2D materials, Environmental Science
Dr. Keith Share, 2013-2018
Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Materials Science/Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: Engineer at Panasonic (@ Tesla Gigafactory)
Lab Expertise: Battery based water desalination, potassium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, 2D materials.
Dr. Adam Cohn, 2013-2018
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
Current Job: Consultant at Exponent Technical Firm
Lab Expertise: Anode-free battery, sodium batteries, in-situ Raman spectroscopy characterization.
Deanna Schauben
M.S. (Mechanical Engineering)
Current job: Engineer at SmartWatt Lighting
Lab Expertise: In-situ tests of stress-electrochemical coupling in materials, corrosion.
Dr. Shahana Chatterjee, 2012- 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow in Pint Lab
Current Position: Research Scientist at GE Global Research
Lab Expertise: Porous silicon fabrication and energy storage applications.
Undergraduate Researchers (Past and Present)
*Pint has mentored over 35 undergraduate researchers on technical projects since starting at Vanderbilt in Fall, 2012.
Rebeca Gurrola – St. Mary’s University (Physics) Summer, 2018
Osama Assal – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) Fall 2018
Jackson Meng – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2017-2018
Jennifer Donohue – Binghamton University, Summer 2017
Katie Hornbeck – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering), Fall, 2016
Siyuan (Dominic) Jiang – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) Fall 2016
Jered Dominguez-Trujillo – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) Fall 2016
Thomas Metke – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering), 2014 –
Haotian Sun – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2015
Trevor Hanken – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2013-
Jonathan Tari – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2016
Nicholas Galioto – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2016
Eric Speer – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2016
Dennis Ejorh – TN-SCORE REU student, summer 2015
Jeremiah Afolabi – Vanderbilt University (Mechanical Engineering) 2015
John (Jack) Lewis – NSF VINSE REU student, summer 2015
Zarif Gani – Vanderbilt University Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Supriyadi Tasim – Vanderbilt University Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Dzul Zulkifli – Vanderbilt University Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Grant Hebrank – Vanderbilt Class of 2015 (Electrical Engineering), Fall 2014
Colleen Kerr – Vanderbilt Class of 2015 (Electrical Engineering), Fall 2014
Babatunde Bello – Vanderbilt Class of 2017 (Mechanical Engineering), Summer 2014
Daniel Freudiger – Vanderbilt Class of 2014 (Mechanical Engineering), 2013 – 2014
William Yates – Vanderbilt Class of 2014 (Mechanical Engineering), 2012 – 2013
Abdul Fahim Fauzi – Vanderbilt Class of 2014 (Mechanical Engineering), 2012 – 2013
Farhan Nur Shabab – Vanderbilt Class of 2015 (Mechanical Engineering), 2013 – 2014
Shivaprem Bernath – Vanderbilt Class of 2015 (Mechanical Engineering), summer 2013
John Wenpu Tian – Vanderbilt Class of 2015 (Mechanical Engineering), 2013 – 2014
Jeffrey Holzgrafe – NSF REU student, Olin College (currently student intern at Harvard
University), summer 2013
Jon Paul Elizondo – NSF REU student, Texas A&M University, summer 2013
Ashton Davis – TN-SCORE NSF REU student, Lemoyne-Owen College, summer 2014
High School student alumni
Rob Edwards – Vanderbilt SSMV, 2013-2014
Thomas Metke – Vanderbilt SSMV, 2013-2014 (currently Vanderbilt mechanical engineering student, Intel talent search semifinalist)
Evan Gordon – Vanderbilt SSMV 2014