Principal Investigator
Professor Regina García-Méndez joined Johns Hopkins University in September 2023 after completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at Cornell University. She earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Her research focuses on the synthesis, functionalization, processing, and characterization of inorganic materials, with emphasis on functional ceramics, solid-state ionics, and energy storage materials. Her group develops advanced materials with tailored microstructural, transport, mechanical, and electrochemical properties for applications in batteries, electrocatalysis, and energy conversion. By combining materials design, non-equilibrium processing and manufacturing approaches, and advanced characterization across multiple length scales, her work aims to uncover how composition, structure, interfaces, and the evolution of microstructure during processing govern material performance and degradation in next-generation energy technologies.
Ph.D. Students
Jiaqi Zuo – MSE Ph.D. Candidate
M.S. Chemical Engineering, New York University (2023)
B.E. Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University (2020)
Christian Zhang – MSE Ph.D. student
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2025)
B.E. Functional Materials, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, QUST (2023)
Nathaniel Glover – MSE Ph.D. student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, VTSI scholar
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master’s Students
Nan Hu (MSE)
B.E. New Energy Materials and Devices, Soochow University (2025)
Arman Flores (ChemBE)
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2026)
Gregorio Zavala-Carney (MSE)
B.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (2024)
Undergraduate Students
Brianna Gauto-Kennedy (ChemBE)
Recent Highlights
- May 2026 – Congratulations to Arman Flores on completing his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChemBE), and continuing his education for the M.S. in ChemBE at Hopkins.
- May 2026 – Congratulations to Chen Su on completing his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, and being accepted to The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, to pursue his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering.
- May 2026 – Congratulations to Robbin Bai on completing her M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and securing a position at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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