Brief Biography

Kenta Kawashima earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in 2014 and his Master of Engineering degree in 2016 from Shinshu University, Japan. In 2016, he joined Professor C. Buddie Mullins' research group at the University of Texas at Austin as a visiting scholar and began his Ph.D. in Chemistry the following year. He successfully defended his dissertation in June 2025. His research centers on (i) developing (photo)electrocatalysts for efficient water splitting to produce green hydrogen, (ii) investigating functional materials for advanced battery systems, and (iii) applying molten-salt synthesis to elucidate crystal growth mechanisms.