Bio

Susmita is an Assistant Professor who started in the Fall of 2024. She is a Schmidt Science Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. She obtained her PhD from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Her research focuses on a multidimensional approach that reflects a commitment to advancing energy storage technology through innovative design and manufacturing of next-generation energy storage devices. Beyond enhancing the performance, reliability, and yield of existing battery chemistries, her research also delves into polymer materials, exploring their applications to the development of stretchable batteries for emerging applications in healthcare, robotics, etc. Her other research interests include the application of thermally safe batteries in power grids, and electric vehicles and addressing challenges in large-scale energy storage.

Publications

• Does Electrode Calendering Always Help? Tradeoffs in V2O5 Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries , Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (2026)
• Mechanistic Insight into Solid Electrolyte Interphase Interactions for Sodium Metal Electrodes , ACS Applied Energy Materials (2026)
• Role of Anode Composition and Electrolyte Interactions on the Thermo-Electrochemical Stability of Sodium-Ion Batteries , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2026)
• Global Voices, Shared Futures: Early-Career Scientists on the Power of Collaboration , ACS Central Science (2025)
• Electrode–electrolyte interactions dictate thermal stability of sodium-ion batteries , Chemical Communications (2024)
• Probing Asymmetric Plating and Stripping Behavior of Symmetric Sodium Metal Batteries , JOM (2024)
• Fluorinated ethylene carbonate as additive to glyme electrolytes for robust sodium solid electrolyte interface , Cell Reports Physical Science (2023)
• Celebrating Women in Electrochemical Sciences and Engineering (WIESE) , ACS Energy Letters (2022)
• Multiscale Electrochemomechanics Interaction and Degradation Analytics of Sn Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022)
• 3ε–A Versatile Operando Analytics Toolbox in Energy Storage , ACS Omega (2021)