Venkateshkumar (Venky) Prabhakaran received his B. Tech. in Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India in 2009 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2014. After his postdoctoral appointment at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (2014-2017), he became a research scientist in March 2017. He also holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University, Pullman. His research interests lie at the confluence of molecular-level understanding of ionic interactions and nanoscale phenomena at electrochemical interfaces, and the rational design of efficient and sustainable electrochemical separation and energy storage systems.