3 | Grad Students

Liya Meles Kahsay earned her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Mekelle Institute of Technology – Mekelle University. During her undergraduate studies, she participated in an international exchange program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, focusing on urban sustainable development. Currently, Liya is pursuing her master’s degree in energy at the Technion, under the supervision of Prof. Dario Dekel. Her research focuses on the study of Anion-Exchange Membranes.

Marina Potemkin earned a BSc in Biochemical Engineering from the Technion. Her research focuses on the development and optimization of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers via mathematical modeling as part of a proposal for MSc studies in the Grand Technion Energy Program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Alma Yanay will receive her BSc from the department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology in 2024. In the meantime, she joined the TEEM’s group to enrich her knowledge about Advanced Triple Phase Boundary for Electrochemical devices, and she will become MSc student under the joint supervision of prof. Dario Dekel.

Anna Suslonova has graduated from the KNRTU Institute of Polymers. During her studies, she participated in competitions such as case-in and polymer hackathon.  

Alexander Baranov graduated with a MSc degree in Chemistry from Lomonosov Moscow State University, faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, in 2020. In 2020-2022, he was investigating solid-state ionic conductors at the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In May 2023, Alexander joined TEEM’s group as a PhD student under supervision of Prof. Dario Dekel. The main focus of his research is the study of catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cells.

Jinliu Zhong received her BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in 2022. In her junior year, she joined the Green Catalyst Laboratory, which is led by Prof. Ziyi Zhong, to explore structured polymer support with controlled pore architecture for photocatalyst immobilization and apply it to wastewater treatment. With a strong interest in fuel cells, she started her MSc supervised by Prof. Dario Dekel in the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion, since 2022.

Syeda Mushrifa Zahan’s doctoral research broadly covers Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Prior to joining Technion, Mushrifa was a Project Assistant at the Center for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, Bangalore. Mushrifa has a M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Technology (Tezpur University) and a B.Sc. in Physics. She was also a Junior Research Fellow (2016-2018) at the Department of Energy, Tezpur University. Apart from her academic work, Mushrifa aspires to contribute to making STEM a more diverse and inclusive space, while in her free time she paints.  

Zihua Chen received his BSc in Pharmaceutical engineering from Guangdong University of Technology, China in 2016. Then, he studied his master's course at Shantou University, China, majoring in Organic chemistry. Since October 2021, he as a Ph.D. student join Prof. Dario Dekel’s group in the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion.