Past Funded Researchers
Karthish Manthiram
- Warren K. Lewis Career Development Professor
- Visiting Professor
- Department of Chemical Engineering
Karthish Manthiram is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. The Manthiram Lab develops technologies to convert air, water, and renewable electricity into molecules that impact our everyday lives, including fertilizers, fuels, and plastics. Karthish received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2015, both in Chemical Engineering. Most recently, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Karthish's research and teaching have been recognized with several awards, including Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, the Dan Cubicciotti Award of the Electrochemical Society, Dow Excellence in Teaching Award, and the C. Michael Mohr Undergraduate Teaching Award.
J-WAFS-funded projects
News
- J-WAFS PI Karthish Manthiram concludes his appointment as assistant professor of ChemE
- J-WAFS PIs Jeffrey Grossman and Karthish Manthiram honored with Committed to Caring Award
- J-WAFS PI Karthish Manthiram named 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
- J-WAFS PIs Fadel Adib and Karthish Manthiram named Sloan Research Fellows
- J-WAFS PI Karthish Manthiram has devised a way to electrochemically produce ammonia from nothing more than air and water
- Combining elements of water and air to form ammonia, J-WAFS’ 2017 seed grantee Karthish Manthiram is aiming for sun-powered small-scale fertilizer production
- J-WAFS in action: Enabling local fertilizer production in Africa