He teamed up with Jahan Dawlaty of the University of Southern California, and Puja Goyal of SUNY Binghamton to further explore the fundamental mechanisms at play in aqueous batteries. Their work on an alternative non-flammable and rechargeable aqueous battery, titled “Proton-coupled electron transfer in batteries based on quinone crystals,” recently received a Scialog Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.