2025–2026 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Awardees
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025–2026 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program (MRSGP), a joint initiative of the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), the Center for Exploration of Novel Complex Materials (ENCOMM), and the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research (IMR).
This year's cohort reflects the strength and breadth of materials research at Ohio State, spanning quantum materials, biomaterials, microelectronics, and next-generation energy storage.
Multidisciplinary Team Building Grants (MTBG)
- Yiying Wu (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) — "Salt Designs for Polymer Electrolytes: Plasticizer-in-Anion Strategy for High-Conductivity Solid Electrolytes" — $70,000
- Sarah Wolff (Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) — "Additive Manufacturing of Ferroelectric Oxides for Microelectronic Devices" — $70,000
Exploratory Materials Research Grants (EMRG)
- Alexander von Hoegen (Assistant Professor, Physics) — "Terahertz Cavity Engineering of 2D Quantum Materials" — $50,000
- Blaise Kimmel (Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) — "Engineering Metalloenzyme Biomaterials for Rare-Earth and Heavy-Metal Recovery" — $50,000
- Kaveh Ahadi (Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering / Electrical and Computer Engineering) — "Extreme Electron Density in Heterogeneous Heterostructures (EXEDE H2)" — $50,000