Our group focuses on designing porous materials, specifically Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), to address key challenges in electrochemical energy systems. We identify four core needs in this field — efficient charge conduction, protection of active sites, control of the local microenvironment, and selective transport of target species — and develop MOF-based strategies to meet them. Our approaches include designing charge pathways through π-stacked frameworks, confining active species within pore architectures, modifying the framework via post-synthetic methods, and tuning the electron density of binding sites. Through these strategies, we aim to advance porous platforms that enable next-generation energy and environmental technologies, such as metal-air batteries and electrochemically swing adsorption-driven direct air capture (ESA-DAC)