Jeff Sakamoto

Research

As a materials scientist and engineer with an interest in synthesis, processing, and functionalization of ceramics and hydrogels, his research is highly interdisciplinary guided by the fields of energy storage/conversion and biomedicine. 

With a focus on materials and manufacturing processes to develop new energy storage and biomedical technologies, the Sakamoto group takes a holistic approach to research entailing materials design and discovery, articulation into prototypes, and testing in relevant environments. While the connection between these seemingly disparate fields may not be obvious, they do share one aspect; nothing, or, more specifically, the absence of mass

 

Affiliations

Endowed Chancellor's Chair

Fellow of the Electrochemical Society

Director, Mechano-chemical Understanding of Solid Ion Conductors (MUSIC), a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center

Biography

Jeffrey Sakamoto is a Professor in the Department of Materials at UCSB. Prior to joining UMich, he was a faculty at Michigan State University for six years. Prior to that, he was a Senior Engineer at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 7 years. He earned his Ph. D. (2001) in Materials Science and Engineering from UCLA. As a mechanical engineer and materials scientist with an interest in synthesis, processing, and functionalization of advanced and state-of-the-art battery materials, his research is highly interdisciplinary guided by the fields of energy storage/conversion and transportation.

 

Honors

Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science; Major Space Act Award, NASA Inventions and Contributions Board; Teacher-Scholar Award, Michigan State University