Welcome to the
Lin Ma Research group
Department of Applied Physical Sciences at
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Applied Physical Sciences at
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vincenzo Joseph Musico
September 29 | 2026 Triangle Student Research Competition,
North Carolina
Vadim Shipitsyn presented his research work on the Annual TSRC 2026 Competition; and was one of the Organizing Committee to make this event succesful.
The competition brought people from academia and US industry in various fields related to innovative technologies, energy storage and conversion, biotechnologies and critical materials.
August 10-11 | 2026 MGI PI Meeting Washington DC
Dr. Lin Ma and Vadim Shipitsyn presented results of the collaborative project "DMREF:NSF-NSERC: Data-Driven Multi-Element Doping for Optimally Controlled Ion-Electron Conduction" on the biannual MGI PI Meeting.
The workshop brings together awardees and researchers to assess the current status of the Materials Genome Initiative, discuss challenges and successes and build collaborative frameworks around data-driven AI/ML and materials innovation.
May 11, 2026 | Triangle Soft Matter Workshop,
Chapel Hill, NC
Dominion Fredericks and Sarah Rackers presented their work under supervision of Dr. Ronit Freeman and Dr. Lin Ma; and won the poster award! Congratulations!
This workshop connects scientists working in soft materials fields, including polymers, colloid science, synthetic and natural biomaterials, biological systems, and condensed matter physics.
“Jet-Milling Enables Manufacturing Relevant Carbon Coating for Lithium-Ion Battery Powders”
Dominion Fredericks, Sarah Rackers, Vadim Shipitsyn, Chanmonirath (Michael) Chak, Fadilullahi Adeniyi, Yusheng Yan, Justin Wang, Ronit Freeman and Lin Ma
ECS Advances
October, 2026
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2754-2734/aeacfd/meta
"Mechanistic origin of solvent-dependent thermal stability in sodiated Sn anodes for sodium-ion batteries"
Chanmonirath (Michael) Chak, Adesh Rohan Mishra, Vadim Shipitsyn, Wenhua Zuo, Denis T. Keane, Amine Daali, Gui-Liang Xu, Hezhen Xie, Wan-Lu Li, Lin Ma
Journal of Power Sources
October, 2026
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378775326015995