Dr. Zawodzinski is a Governor’s Chair in Electrical Energy Storage with a joint appointment at UT-Knoxville and ORNL.

His research group focuses on the fundamental science and application of fuel cells, redox flow batteries and metal-air batteries. Research includes efforts related to the understanding and development of catalyst materials for fuel cells and metal-air batteries, high temperature membranes for fuel cells, novel polymer electrolyte for devices that operate in alkaline media, novel electrolytes for redox-flow batteries and structure of air electrodes for various applications. 

Prior to this appointment, Dr. Zawodzinski was the F. Alex Nason Professor of Engineering at Case, Director of the Case Advanced Power Institute and the Ohio Eminent Scholar in Fuel Cells. He was also the team leader for Fuel Cells in MST-11 at Los Alamos National Laboratory.