Esther Takeuchi

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Interdisciplinary Science Department
Bldg. 734
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-4032
etakeuchi@bnl.gov

Education | Appointments | Awards

Education

PhD, Chemistry, Ohio State University

BA, Chemistry, History, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Appointments

Interdisciplinary Science Department Chair, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY

Co-Director, Institute of Energy, Sustainability Environment, and Equity, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

William and Jane Knapp Chair of Energy and the Environment, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Founding Director, Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties, Energy Frontier Research Center

SUNY Distinguished Professor, Departments of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Joint appointment, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY

Awards & Recognition

Yeager Award, IBA International Battery Materials Association, 2022. 

National Academy of Science, Chemical Sciences Award, 2022.

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Electrochemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Edward G. Acheson Award, The Electrochemical Society, 2020.

Walston Chubb Award Innovation Award, Sigma Xi, 2019. 

Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Notre Dame University, 2019. 

European Inventor Award, Non-EPO Countries, 2018. 

E.V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2013.

National Academy of Inventors, Charter Fellow 2012

National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2011.

National Medal of Technology and Innovation, 2009. 

Astellas USA Foundation Award, Inaugural recipient 2008. 

National Academy of Engineering, 2004.

Battery Division Technology Award, Electrochemical Society, 1995.