Go to graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, researching energy sustainability. Following this, Sebastian's goal is to work for a national lab or in industry that aims to improve energy efficiency and practicability of new technologies.
Theta Tau, Student Engineering Leadership Board, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, The Salvation Army.
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Sebastian's research interests lie in energy sustainability. This includes electrochemical devices, catalysis, energy storage, and polymers for applications in sustainability. In the Summer of 2023, Sebastian participated in Caltech's WAVE Fellows Program under Dr. Jonas Peters in the Resnick Sustainability Institute. In a collaboration with the Department of Energy's Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA), his project focused on the production of high-value chemical products made from carbon dioxide using electricity and a catalyst. He was able to find new sets of reaction conditions that make the most amount of product with the cheapest electrolyte mixture. Upon his return to Tallahassee, he began to conduct research in the Polymers for Advanced Energy Sustainability (PAES) lab under Dr. Daniel Hallinan Jr. He is leading his own project on polymer membranes for applications in seawater desalination, fuel cells, and batteries. The research can be used to model sustainable separations processes on larger scales. He will continue the project this Summer through the MagLab REU and the following academic year through Honors in the Major.