Esther Takeuchi

Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, and Department of Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio State University 

Design of electroactive materials and the concomitant engineering associated with battery design; mechanistic studies involving the complex interplay among redox processes, ion transport, and electrode precipitation/dissolution

Dr. Esther S. Takeuchi is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and the William and Jane Knapp Chair in Energy and the Environment at Stony Brook University.  She holds a joint appointment at Brookhaven National Laboratory.  Dr. Takeuchi is a member of National Academy of Engineering, was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and is a Charter Member of the National Academy of Innovation.  She received the E. V Murphree and Astellas Awards from the American Chemical Society and the Electrochemical Society Battery Division Technology award.  She is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Dr. Takeuchi is inventor > 150 patents and received the 2018 European Inventor Award in the category in the category of non-EPO countries. 

Office: 314 Engineering 
Phone:  631-632- 7414 
Email: esther.takeuchi@stonybrook.edu