Timothy Plett is a Ph.D. candidate in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Irvine, California. He is a member of the Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage Energy Frontier Research Center and serves as student coordinator for Thrust 1, which focuses on nano-interface research. His emphasis is biophysics, but specific research has been directed at understanding solution behavior in nano-confinement: nanopore rectification and cation dependence, ionic conductivity in manganese dioxide rods, solid electrolytes, and non-aqueous salt solutions.