Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research

Centers and Programs

Battery Center Team

Jay Sayre | Director

IMR Director of Innovation, Assistant Vice President in the Office of Research; Research Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
Email sayre.17@osu.edu

Laurie Coyne | Administrative Assistant and Workforce Coordinator

IMR Program Assistant
Email coyne.109@osu.edu

Mark Stasik | Facility and Operations Specialist

IMR Facility and Operations Specialist
Email stasik.1@osu.edu

Kari Roth | Program Manager

IMR Innovation Manager
Email roth.570@osu.edu

Joanna Gardner | Project Manager

IMR Proposal Development Specialist
Email gardner.306@osu.edu

Qingmin Xu | Chemistry Lead

Senior Research Scientist at Nanotech West Lab
Email xu.4391@osu.edu

Navni Verma | Computational Lead

Research Associate at Nanotech West Lab
Email verma.55@osu.edu

Faissal El Idrissi | Testing Lead

Research Specialist at the Center for Automotive Research
Email elidrissi.2@osu.edu

Paul D. Steffen | Environmental Health Safety Lead

Laboratory Manager at Nanotech West Lab
Email steffen.8@osu.edu

Greg Godic | Business Manager

IMR Business Operations Manager
Email godic.3@osu.edu

Anne Co | Faculty Fellow

Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email co@chemistry.ohio-state.edu

Jung-Hyun Kim | Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Courtesy Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
Email kim.6776@osu.edu

Christopher Brooks | Industry Fellow

Chief Scientist at Honda Research Institute USA, Inc., and Program Director at 99P Labs
Email cbrooks@na.honda.com

Michael Huson | Communications

IMR Communications Coordinator
Email huson.4@osu.edu