Shrayesh Patel completed his undergraduate degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2007, then received his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013.
Before joining PME as an assistant professor, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, one of the world’s most prestigious institutions for the study of advanced materials science research.
Patel's honors include his selection as a 2023 PMSE Early State Investigator and one of ACS Polymers Au's 2022 Rising Stars in Polymers.
Patel Group focuses on functional polymers (e.g. electronic conductors, ion conductors, redox-active) for energy conversion and storage applications. The current focus is on batteries and thermoelectrics. The group has a strong expertise in the characterization of polymers that allows us to understand charge transport, electrochemical and morphological properties. We frequently leverage synchrotron x-ray scattering and spectroscopy techniques to advance our understanding of functional polymers at the molecular, nano-, and micro-scale.
Role of Crosslinking and Backbone Segmental Dynamics on Ion Transport in Hydrated Anion‐Conducting Polyelectrolytes
Zhongyang Wang, Kai Wang, Christopher Eom, Yuxi Chen, Ge Sun, Mincheol Kim, Joan M Montes de Oca, Dongyue Liang, Kushal Bagchi, Shrayesh N Patel, Juan J de Pablo, Paul F Nealey. Adv. Funct. Mater. (2025): e14589. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202514589.
IEC-Independent Coupling between Water Uptake and Ionic Conductivity in Anion-Conducting Polymer Films
Joan M Montes de Oca, Ruilin Dong, Gervasio Zaldivar, Ge Sun, Zhongyang Wang, Shrayesh N Patel, Paul F Nealey, Juan J de Pablo. Macromolecules, 2025, 58 (12), 6134-6148. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00934.
Study of self-assembly behavior and ionic conductivity of conjugated liquid crystals with T-shaped facial-polyphilic structure
Ziwei Liu, Yangyang Sun, Ban Xuan Dong, Shrayesh N Patel, Paul F Nealey, Fernando A Escobedo, Christopher K Ober. Sci. Adv. 11, eadt8303 (2025). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adt8303.
Should I stay or should I flow? An exploration of phase‐separated metallosupramolecular liquid crystal polymers
Charlie A Lindberg, Alice E Roberson, Elina Ghimire, Jerald E Hertzog, Nicholas R Boynton, Guancen Liu, Deborah K Schneiderman, Shrayesh N Patel, Stuart J Rowan. Chemistry–A European Journal. 2025.
Should I stay or should I flow? An exploration of phase-separated metallosupramolecular liquid crystal polymers
Charlie A Lindberg, Alice E Roberson, Elina Ghimire, Jerald E Hertzog, Nicholas R Boynton, Guancen Liu, Deborah K Schneiderman, Shrayesh N Patel, Stuart J Rowan. Chem. Eur. J., 31: e202404672. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404672.
Enhanced Ion Transport and Molecular Packing Stability in Asymmetric 2D Nanostructured π‐Conjugated Thieno [3, 2‐b] Thiophene‐Based Liquid Crystal
Chaoqiuyu Wang, Yangyang Sun, Zhongyang Wang, Wen Chen, Danya Liu, Joseph Strzalka, Shrayesh N Patel, Paul F Nealey, Christopher K Ober, Fernando A Escobedo. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 35, 2423541. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202423541.
Water-mediated ion transport in an anion exchange membrane
Zhongyang Wang, Ge Sun, Nicholas HC Lewis, Mrinmay Mandal, Abhishek Sharma, Mincheol Kim, Joan M Montes de Oca, Kai Wang, Aaron Taggart, Alex B Martinson, Paul A Kohl, Andrei Tokmakoff, Shrayesh N Patel, Paul F Nealey, Juan J de Pablo. Nat. Commun. 16, 1099 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55621-z.
Salt Matters: How Ionic Strength and Electrolytes Impact Redox Polymer Reactivity and Dynamics for Energy Storage
Abdelilah Asserghine, Nafisa Ibrahim, Shrayesh N. Patel, Joaquín Rodríguez-López. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2024.101636.
Tailoring Polymer Polarity to Regulate Disulfide Accessibility in Redox-Active Particles for Organic Batteries
Hongyi Zhang, Garrett L Grocke, George Rose, Stuart J Rowan, Shrayesh N Patel. Macromolecules. 2024. 57 (21), 10410-10417.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01894.
Thiadiazole Disulfide Cross-Linked Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Nanoparticles: A Dual Redox Approach for Organic Cathode Batteries
Hongyi Zhang, Garrett L. Grocke, George Rose, Stuart J. Rowan, Shrayesh N. Patel. Chemistry of Materials. 2024. 36 (19), 9959-9969.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02387.