Debbie Zhuang completed her doctoral studies at MIT in chemical engineering under Martin Z. Bazant, focusing on degradation of lithium-ion batteries using mathematical modeling and theoretical approaches. Her work elucidated the importance of statistical effects in lithium-ion batteries, and helped bridge the gap between microscopic and macroscopic scales to improve the performance and lifetime of lithium-ion batteries.

Following this, she worked in R&D at Samsung Semiconductor, aiding materials development from ab-initio to continuum methods for solid state batteries and semiconductor materials. Currently, as an Andlinger Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, she studies supercooled water and carbon dioxide for environmental applications using theoretical and computational approaches under the mentorship of Dimitrios Fraggedakis and Mike A. Webb. Her work will be used to understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of excess carbon dioxide in climate change.

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