Christopher J. Bartel

Chris Bartel is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley working with Prof. Gerbrand Ceder on a number of topics related to the computational design of new materials, particularly for energy storage applications. Prior to Berkeley, Chris earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU), working as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Charles Musgrave and Prof. Al Weimer. His Ph.D. focused on predicting thermodynamic properties of solid-state materials using first-principles calculations and machine learning, with applications ranging from ammonia synthesis to optoelectronic devices. In recognition of his doctoral work, he received the Max S. Peters Outstanding Graduate Award in Chemical Engineering at CU. Chris grew up near New Orleans, LA and earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Auburn University.