ABOUT
Anju
Toor
Assistant Professor
anju.toor@mse.gatech.edu
+1 404.3853049
MoSE 3100 Q

Anju Toor is a researcher in nanomaterials for energy systems. She was a Bakar Innovation Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked on printed on-chip integrated micro batteries. She earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley.

Her research focuses on advanced energy materials, printed electronics, energy storage systems, and nanoparticle self-assembly. She has led research on flexible and stretchable batteries for next-generation Augmented/Virtual Reality applications at Meta Reality Labs. She was named EECS Rising Star and selected for The Rising Stars Women in Engineering Workshop in Asia.

As an expert in self-assembly and energy materials, she has published over 20 research publications in the most reputed platforms in the field.

Teaching Interests

Professor Toor’s teaching focuses on (1) Materials in electronics, which entails electronic materials and processes for microelectronics, and flexible electronic applications, and (2) Principles and properties of materials, which emphasizes the essential relationships between the structure, processing, and properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites.

Topical Working Group
Functional Materials
Research Areas:
Composites
Fibers
Nanostructures
Polymers
Research Challenges:
Electronics and Communications
Energy
Environment
Research Activity:
Measurements
Processing, Fabrication, & Manufacturing
Synthesis
Students:
Ziting Tian
Aaron Levy
Selected publications

1. Z Tian, P He, A Toor, Development of deformable aqueous Li-ion batteries enabled by water-in-salt-based hydrogel electrolytes, Nano Energy, 111617, 2025
2. P He, JH Park, Y Jiao, R Ganguli, Y Huang, A Lee, CH Ahn, M Wang, ..., High-voltage water-scarce hydrogel electrolytes enable mechanically safe stretchable Li-ion batteries, Science Advances 11 (15), eadu3711, 2025
3. Y Oh, BN Vamsi Krishna, HJ Jung, A Toor, SJ Lee, Rhodium Nanoparticle-Supported Graphitic Carbon-Encapsulated Nickel Metal Core Electrocatalyst via Pulsed Laser Ablation for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (31), 44402-44410, 2025
4. P Goodrich, N Poongovan, E Strand, C Schwendeman, L Lahann, S Koh, Y Cai, C Baumbauer, A Toor, G Whiting, AC Arias, Fully‐Printed Ion Sensor Arrays for Measuring Agricultural Nitrogen and Potassium Concentrations Using Nernstian and AI Models, Advanced Sensor Research 4 (4), 2400121, 2025.
5. A Toor, P Goodrich, TL Anthony, C Beckstoffer, H Jegan, WL Silver, AC Arias,
Printed Potentiometric Ammonium Sensors for Agriculture Applications, ACS omega 9 (48), 47453-47460, 2024.

Education
  • Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2017
  • M.S., University of California Berkeley, 2015
Research Interests

Prof. Toor's research centers on the development of soft energy materials using nanomaterials self-assembly, polymer engineering, and printed electronics to enable pliable and miniaturized power sources for next-generation electronics. Her expertise extends to sustainable sensing technologies, such as miniaturized, printed chemical sensors for precision agriculture and soil monitoring.