Bharathy Parimalam

Bharathy Parimalam is an Electrochemical Engineer with over 8 years of experience specializing in lithium-ion battery research. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Rhode Island and a B.Tech. in Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering from Central Electrochemical Research Institute.

Bharathy excels in technical communication through presentations, reports, white papers, and publications. She has mentored graduate and undergraduate researchers and collaborated on various research projects within and outside the lab. Bharathy is skilled in computer-aided design and has experience in the fabrication of custom XCT fixtures for operando and in-situ analysis.

With expertise in designing and creating custom electrochemical cells and samples with high X-ray transparency, Bharathy conducts multiscale operando and in-situ imaging of electrochemical cells and components using micro and nano X-ray computed tomography. She is proficient in processing and segmenting microscopy images employing traditional methods and machine learning models, along with computing pore/crack/particle size distributions and other properties on 2D/3D images using Python.

Furthermore, Bharathy is experienced in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic analysis, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic analysis, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric analysis, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic analysis. She is well-versed in operando and in-situ nano and micro XCT imaging of electrochemical cells, electrodes, and membranes, as well as electrode fabrication, cell building, and electrochemical testing of lithium-ion batteries.

Her technical skills include proficiency in Python, ImageJ, Solidworks, OriginLab, MATLAB, MS Excel, MestreNova, Avantage, MS Word, and PowerPoint. Bharathy has held the position of Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University and was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.