Barone Research Lab

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Awards, publications, group milestones, and other updates from the Barone Research Lab.

Latest updates

December 2025

New Publication in ACS Applied Energy Materials

Congratulations to Mukesh Singh on our latest publication:

Unified Thermodynamic and Kinetic Criteria for Screening 2D Anchoring Materials in Li-S, Na-S, and K-S Batteries

M. Singh and V. Barone
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 9 (15), 9751–9763 (2026)

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Graphical abstract for the ACS Applied Energy Materials paper
Fall 2025

Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award

Congratulations to Braeden Traver for receiving the Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award at the 2025 Autumnal Equinox Lecture!

Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award update
October 2025

New collaborative work published

Check out our newest work involving a collaboration with industry and GVSC.

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Graphic associated with the October 2025 publication
March 2025

Single-atom catalysts for battery applications

Our work on single-atom catalysts for battery applications is out.

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Graphic associated with the March 2025 publication
April 2025

Physics faculty among CMU's most cited

Four Physics professors, including Veronica Barone, are among the ten most cited faculty at Central Michigan University.

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November 2024

Group member milestones

Congratulations to Dr. Mukesh Jakhar on securing a research scientist position, and to Ian Lewis, who began a Ph.D. program at Wayne State after earning an M.S. in Physics. We also welcome Dr. Mukesh Singh to the group.