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Michelle Lehmann

Grid Scale Energy Storage - Technical Staff Member

Dr. Michelle Lehmann is a polymer chemist with extensive experience in the synthesis and characterization of various polymer electrolytes. Her expertise has been applied to various projects at ORNL including flow battery membranes, fuel cell membranes and ionomers, ion-conducting polymers for batteries and binders for cathode/solid-state electrolytes. 

2022 – present   Technical Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division

2018 – 2022        PhD candidate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education

2022   ORNL Award, Outstanding Scholarly Output, Amy Elliott, Tomonori Saito, Michelle Lehmann, Desarae Goldsby, Guang Yang and Benjamin Doughty

2019   R&D 100, “High Strength Binder System for Additive Manufacturing”, Tomonori Saito, Amy Elliott, Dustin Gilmer, Michelle Lehmann, Lu Han, Rick Lucas, Dan Brunermer

University of Tennessee                          B.S.             2017       Chemical Engineering

University of Tennessee                          Ph.D.          2022       Polymer Chemistry