Dr. Ankit Mathanker

Academic Rank

• Co-chair for GRS: AI for Materials, Energy, and Chemical Sciences, Glaveston, Texas, USA, 2028
• Graduate Student Director, CRE Division, AIChE, USA, 2025-2027
• Graduate Student Representative, Michigan Chapter of North American Catalysis Society, Michigan, USA, 2022-2024

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan, USA, 2026
• Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, 2020
• Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India, 2017

Professional Experience

Dr. Ankit Mathanker is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Gagliardi Group at the University of Chicago and is co-advised by Dr. Rajeev Assary at Argonne National Laboratory.

Dr. Mathanker earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan in 2026, where he was supervised by Prof. Bryan Goldsmith. His doctoral research focused on “Molecular-Level Insights into Organic Adsorption and Reactivity at Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces.” During his time at Michigan, he also interned at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under the guidance of Dr. Joel Varley and Prof. Nitish Govindarajan.

Awards and Academic Achievements

• CRE Division Travel Award, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA
• Captain Thomas Farrell Greenhalgh Memorial Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, Canada
• Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award, University of Alberta, Canada
• Summer Research Fellowship Programme Scholarship, Indian Academy of Science, India