Visiting Research Fellowships
Visiting Research Fellowships
Working with Professor Louis Piper,
Dr Ashok S. Menon, and The Faraday Institution.
About WMG and Our Research
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Key Contact
Professor Louis Piper
Dr Ashok S Menon,
Ashok.Menon@warwick.ac.uk
WMG Recruitment Team
The Faraday Institution
The Faraday Institution is the UK’s independent institute for electrochemical energy storage research, skills development, market analysis, and early-stage commercialisation. Bringing together expertise from universities and industry, the Faraday Institution endeavours to make the UK the go-to place for the research and development of new electrical storage technologies for both the automotive and wider relevant sectors. Headquartered at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, the Faraday Institution is a registered charity with an independent board of trustees.
The Faraday Institution, in partnership with UK universities affiliated with specific research projects, invites you to apply for a prestigious Visiting Research Fellowship. Supported by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Visiting Research Fellowship scheme aims to strengthen partnerships between the UK and the lithium triangle countries in South America. Following the success of the Visiting Research Fellowship Programme in 2024, the programme has continued into 2025.
Visiting Research Fellowship Opportunities at WMG
With the support of a grant from The Faraday Institution, WMG is able to offer a Visiting Research Fellowship for talented early-career academic from Chile. There is a generous package of financial support the successful Fellow towards travel, housing and some other living costs incurred during your visit. Further information can be provided on request. The opportunity lasts for 6 months and must be completed before 31st March 2026.
Full details of the opportunity can be found by clicking on the boxes below.
For any informal queries, please contact Dr Ashok S Menon, Ashok.Menon@warwick.ac.uk.
Please note the opportunity is only open to candidates from Chile.
Project: Operando Studies of Large-Format Phosphate Batteries
Degradation in lithium-ion batteries largely stems from repeated electrochemical cycling, which gradually induces irreversible changes within the electrodes. These changes can occur across multiple structural scales and timeframes, and are shaped by the chemistry, design, and operating conditions of the battery cells. To observe these mechanisms as they unfold, operando neutron and X-ray scattering techniques are incredibly useful, provided the testing environment closely reflects real-world usage. Large-format cells produced on the WMG Pilot Line—both single- and multi-layer pouch cells—offer robust electrochemical performance and are perfectly suited for such operando studies. The current VRF position builds on the outcomes of the previous VRF project (2024), which successfully optimised and manufactured large-format LiMnFePO₄-graphite cells, with the goal of investigating long-term degradation mechanisms in these cells using operando neutron and X-ray techniques. By conducting systematic measurements throughout various stages of cycling and across different voltage windows, we aim to untangle the specific processes that drive cycle-induced degradation and performance loss. Experiments will be carried out at the Warwick X-ray RTP facility, Diamond Light Source, and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, with additional ex-situ characterisation (e.g. SEM, XRF) supporting the analysis.
For more information regarding this opportunity, please click here.
For a Spanish translation of this opportunity, please click here. Please note all application must be submitted in English.
How to Apply
If you would like to be considered for either of these opportunities, please send a covering letter, outlining which opportunity would you like to be considered for, a copy of your CV and a Letter of Support from your current University or institution to
All documents should be submitted in English.
Closing date for receipt of all applications is 30th June 2025.
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