Dr. Venkateswarlu (Venkat) Daramalla is a PDRA in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He has completed the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (2018-2019) at Paul Scherrer Institute-ETH Zurich. His interdisciplinary research is specialized in the controlled synthesis and characterization of energy materials and developing various experimental model systems for high energy storage & conversion devices. His current research focus is on the study of intrinsic electrochemical properties, ion transport, and investigating the complex cathode interface structure using ideal model interfaces for next-generation high energy density Li-ion batteries.