Martin Z. Bazant

About

Martin Z. Bazant is the Chevron Professor in Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, and Digital Learning Officer at MIT. His research focuses on chemical engineering, with particular emphasis on the mathematical and computational aspects of the field. As a faculty member, he contributes to the department's mission through his expertise in energy, environment and sustainability, and materials. His role involves advancing understanding in these areas and integrating digital learning into chemical engineering education.

Research topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Machine Learning
• Chemistry
• Reliability engineering
• Physical chemistry
• Nanotechnology
• Materials science
• Business

Selected publications

• Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2022 · 1738 citations

  footprint. The viability of water electrolysis still hinges on the availability of durable earth-abundant electrocatalyst materials and the overall process efficiency. This review spans from the fundamentals of electrocatalytically initiated water splitting to the very latest scientific findings from university and institutional research, also covering specifications and special features of the current industrial processes and those processes currently being tested in large-scale applications. R…

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• Electrochemical Methods for Water Purification, Ion Separations, and Energy Conversion

  Chemical Reviews · 2022 · 560 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water pollution is exacerbated by the decreasing ability of traditional treatment methods to comply with tightening environmental standards. This review provides a comprehensive description of the principles and applications of electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion. Electrochemical methods…

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• Interplay of Lithium Intercalation and Plating on a Single Graphite Particle

  Joule · 2021 · 374 citations

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• End-of-life or second-life options for retired electric vehicle batteries

  Cell Reports Physical Science · 2021 · 283 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  E-mobility, especially electric cars, has been scaling up rapidly because of technological advances in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, LIBs degrade significantly with service life cycles. With the current increase in the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), a large volume of retired LIB packs, which can no longer provide satisfactory performance to power an EV, will soon appear. Various end-of-life (EOL) options are under development, such as recycling and recovery. Recently, stakeholders…

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• The Application of Data-Driven Methods and Physics-Based Learning for Improving Battery Safety

  Joule · 2020 · 281 citations

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Recent grants

• Mathematical Modeling of Induced-Charge Electrokinetics

  NSF · $288k · 2007–2010

• FRG: Collaborative Research: Mathematical Modeling of Rechargeable Batteries

  NSF · $725k · 2009–2012

• EAGER/Collaborative Research: New Concept of Sorption Hysteresis and Disjoining Pressure in Concrete and Other Adsorbent Microporous Solids

  NSF · $90k · 2011–2013

Frequent coauthors

• Armand Ajdari

  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

  72 shared

• Richard D. Braatz

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  48 shared

• Alexei A. Kornyshev

  48 shared

• William C. Chueh

  SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  45 shared

• Peng Bai

  China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center

  41 shared

• Brian D. Storey

  Toyota Research Institute

  38 shared

• Grigorios A. Pavliotis

  36 shared

• Dimitrios Fraggedakis

  36 shared

Labs

• MIT ChemEPI

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1991

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  1987

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering

  University of California, Berkeley

  1985

Awards & honors

• Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2025)
• Electrochemical Society Fellow (2023)
• Inaugural President, International Electrokinetics Society (…
• MIT Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) Infinite Mile…
• MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs (2019)

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