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title: Made of Star Stuff
date: 2018-11-07T09:00:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Made of Star Stuff

*November 7, 2018* — by [A. James Clark School of Engineering Staff](/author/a-james-clark-school-of-engineering-staff)


> Clark Doctoral Fellow Shares Sky-High Aspirations for Battery Research

[Made of Star Stuff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dif3O3ZroxU)



Meet Justin Pearson, a Ph.D. student and Clark Doctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering.

The Clark Doctoral Fellows Program, an initiative of the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, supports high-performing Ph.D. students with four years of funding. As an impetus for research in strategic and vital areas, the Clark Doctoral Fellows Program supports 30 first-year doctoral students each year. The program was created as part of Building Together: An Investment for Maryland, the Foundation's $219.5 million investment in the University of Maryland announced in October 2017.


**Topics:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [A. James Clark School of Engineering](https://today.umd.edu/topic/james-clark-school-engineering)