About
We are a highly motivated lab at the vanguard of bio-electrochemical science and engineering. We are deeply interested in developing new climate mitigation and resource recovery technologies that can help transition society into a sustainable circular carbon economy.
Our work focuses on the interface between electrochemistry and microbiology. Recognizing that hybrid electrochemical-biological (HEB) technologies can leverage unbounded benefits from both processes, we seek to discover untapped synergies between these domains by developing new HEB technologies that can improve the sustainability of environmental and chemical processes. Presently, we focus on understanding and developing technologies such as microbial electrosynthesis, microbial electrolysis, electro-methanogenesis, electro-enzymatic synthesis, electro-fermentation, and microbial electrolytic carbon capture. Our goal is to continue to refine and scale these devices to help meet impending climate and sustainability goals.
Our UM lab consists of 12 trainees from the undergraduate to postdoctoral levels. The principal investigator of our lab is Prof. Joshua Jack, who is an expert in electrochemistry, microbiology, and engineering, and has many refereed publications related to HEB technologies. Before joining UM, Prof. Jack served as a postdoctoral research scholar in the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment at Princeton University. Prof. Jack previously earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder. During his graduate studies, Prof. Jack obtained extensive interdisciplinary research experience at both the DOE-National Renewable Energy Laboratory and NASA Langley Research Center and has received numerous awards related to his research.
Joined
February 2025
