About Us

The Crew (Spring 2024)

Joe, Millie, Annabelle, Tayler, Joy, Lonnie, and Sophie

Principal Investigator

Joe Elias

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry & PhysicsSimmons UniversityEmail: joseph.elias@simmons.eduFaculty ProfileCV

Joe Elias is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Simmons University. Dr. Elias completed his BA in Chemistry at Reed College in 2009 (thesis advisor: Maggie Geselbracht) and his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016 (thesis advisor: Yang Shao-Horn). After graduating, Dr. Elias was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University, where he studied electrochemical conversions for sustainable practices with Daniel G. Nocera.

Dr. Elias joined the faculty at Simmons University in 2022, and his research interests include developing novel inorganic materials for their application as catalysts for electrochemical reactions related to sustainability and clean energy. When he is not in the lab or teaching, Dr. Elias enjoys baking bread, cooking, and going on adventures with his poodle, Millie. He is from Philadelphia, and lives in Somerville, MA.

Undergraduate Students

Everett Garner

Chemistry MajorSimmons University, Class of '28Project: PFAS Biosensors

Annabelle Hannah

Chemistry/Physics MajorSimmons University, Class of '25Project: CO2 Reduction

Sophie Ineson

Chemistry/Physics MajorSimmons University, Class of '25Project: Nitrate Reduction

Gwen Inglis

Chemistry MajorSimmons University, Class of '26Project: CO2 Reduction

Nhat Chieu Le

3+2 Engineering ProgramSimmons University, Class of '26Project: Density Functional Theory

Lonnie K Lee

Biochemistry MajorSimmons University, Class of '25Project: Supercapacitors

Mimi Pare

Engineering 3+2 ProgramSimmons University, Class of '26Project: PUDELstat App

Zaara Shamsuddin

Biochemistry MajorSimmons University, Class of '28Project: CO2 Reduction

Chloe To

Engineering 3+2 ProgramSimmons University, Class of '26Project: CO2 Reduction

Joy Wilson

Chemistry MajorSimmons University, Class of '25Project: CO2 Reduction

Stella Wimberly

Engineering 3+2 ProgramSimmons University, Class of '25Project: CO2 Reduction

Senior Research Poodle

Mildred Dresselhaus Elias, Jr.

Standard Poodle

Alumni

Amit Amiri

Leensyn Rivera-Asmen

David Banks

Tayler Eddings

CJ Johnson

Cailey Plainte

Maddie Reed