PhD Title: Hopping through the interfaces: a multiscale chemo-mechanic model for energy materials

PhD Supervisor: Lukasz Figiel, Bora Karasulu

About me

I did my undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Loughborough University, graduating with a first class MChem in 2022. My passion for energy materials, and in particular battery technology, started while writing a literature review comparing the suitability of lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells for the transport sector in my third year. For my master's project, I then conducted a computational investigation of a novel solid-state electrolyte under the supervision of Pooja Goddard.

My PhD project focuses on the development of a multi-scale model for Li-ion transport across the interfaces of solid-state batteries, supervised by Lukasz Figiel and Bora Karasulu.

More information about my background and research path can be found in this #FaradayPathway piece by the Faraday Institution.

Involvement with the Faraday Institution

October 2023 - present	Faraday Institution PhD Enrichment scheme - cohort 6
July - August 2021	Faraday Undergraduate Summer Experience (FUSE) internship developing a techno-economic analysis model to compare lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery extraction and processing

Teaching positions:

• PX912 - Multiscale Modelling Methods and Applications 2 - solid mechanics part

Contact:

chantal dot baer at warwick dot ac dot uk