Thank you @ECSorg for this beautiful memory that I’ll cherish for a long time! . #ECSGraduateStudentAward2024

Wrapping up a fulfilling six-month research visit to.@OxfordMaterials!. Grateful to everyone who welcomed me, shared lab space, and helped push our operando neutron and x-ray experiments at DLS, ILL, and (soon!) ISIS. Next: making sense of ~150 TB of data together!

Honored to share my latest research with the Princeton community as part of the "New Light: Rising Stars in Energy and the Environment" seminar series, hosted by the @AndlingerCenter. Follow-up questions, please DM or email (maha.yusuf@princeton.edu).

Just wrapped up our final neutron beamtime at @ILLGrenoble, capturing high-resolution (4 µm!) in situ simultaneous neutron and X-ray tomography of anode-free solid-state batteries. Looking forward to presenting at ECS: & AIChE:

@NIST @ILLGrenoble @psich_en Link: #InSitu3D #NeutronAndXray #BatteryDiagnostics #EnergyStorage.

@NIST @ILLGrenoble @psich_en [3/3] I also discuss the promise and challenges of leveraging these techniques for emerging battery chemistries, including the need for tailored cell designs to fully unlock their diagnostic potential. Thanks to Prof. Scott Cushing (Caltech Chemistry) for the editorial invite.

[2/3] Through three case studies across @NIST, @ILLGrenoble, and @psich_en (2019–2024), I reflect on how 3D imaging has advanced in spatiotemporal resolution to capture Li behavior, mechanical failure, and morphological evolution in situ.

[1/3] My first, invited Perspective in @ECSorg Interface!. In Situ 3D Neutron and X-ray Imaging for Battery Diagnostics. I highlight how simultaneous neutron and X-ray tomography is reshaping our understanding of degradation mechanisms in Li-ion and solid-state batteries.

Leading my first UK beam-time as PI @DiamondLightSou capturing simultaneous operando 3-D tomography + diffraction of anode-free solid-state batteries. Funding: Princeton Presidential Fellowship & @AndlingerCenter Center Seed Grant. #PrincetonOxfordDLSCollab #Operando

@SLAClab @NIST @ORNLNeutrons @argonne @INL @NREL @MIT @Stanford @ECSorg Link: #NeutronFriendly #InSitu #3DImaging #LiBatteries #FastCharging.

With co-authors from @SLAClab @NIST @ORNLNeutrons @argonne @INL @NREL @MIT Nuclear Research Lab. Grateful to Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellowship (2018–2023), @Stanford DARE Fellowship (2020–2022), and @ECSorg's Edward G. Weston Fellowship (2022).

✅ Demonstrated electrochemical viability during extreme fast charging, despite challenges with spacer degradation. ✅ Enabled multi-cell neutron tomography, revealing spatially resolved 3D morphology of inactive lithium (dead Li), with localized edge accumulation.

[New Preprint Alert] Neutron-friendly Li-ion battery coin cell for in situ 3D visualization of lithium plating. ✅ Developed a neutron-friendly Li-ion battery (NFB) enabling in situ 3D neutron imaging of lithium plating at the graphite–separator interface

[4/4] Conference link: . #GRSBatteries2026 #BatteryScience #EnergyStorage #CrossTalk.

[3/4] Are you a graduate student, postdoc, or researcher working in batteries? We invite you to be a part of this transformative seminar! Please note the seminar is held in association with GRC Batteries 2026; please apply to both. We look forward to welcoming you all in Ventura!.

[2/4] This seminar will highlight "crosstalk"—how transition metal dissolution from cathode impacts anode through the electrolyte, groundbreaking innovations in battery technology arise from dynamic collaborations across academia, industry, national labs, and global institutions.

[1/4] Hongyi Lin and I are thrilled to bring the next GRS Batteries to Ventura, CA in February 2026! Our theme is centered around: . "Unleashing Cross-Talk in Battery Science: Bridging Components, Scales, Tools, and Institutions for Next-Generation Energy Storage.".

Excited to deliver my first in-person talk in UK — a 15-min invited presentation on In Situ 3D Neutron and X-ray Imaging for Battery Diagnostics at @RoyceInstitute, @UniofOxford. Grateful to @Rob_erando for the kind invitation. #invitedtalk #insituimaging #batterydiagnostics

(2/2) . 🔗 More details: If you're interested in in situ 3D imaging, electrochemistry, batteries, or fast charging, I’d love to connect! Feel free to reach out via email (maha.yusuf@princeton.edu) or DM. Looking forward to great discussions!.

(1/2) Excited to present at Operando 25 at the @RoyceInstitute, @UniofOxford! I’ll be delivering a 15-minute invited talk on:. 🟢 In Situ 3D Neutron and X-ray Imaging for Battery Diagnostics.📅 Time: 4:45 PM, April 4, 2025.📍 Location: St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.

[2/2] — to investigate the physical and chemical mechanisms behind interfacial degradation in all-solid-state batteries. #FirstGrant #3DNeutrons #SolidState #Batteries.