Postdoctoral researchers - next destinations
Dr Sam Booth
FutureCat Research Focus: Electrochemistry and synthesis of battery materials. FutureCat Project Leader from the project start in 2019 – December 2022. FutureCat Institution: University of Sheffield. Next Destination: Sam is now a Senior Scientist at LIND Limited. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Harry Geddes
FutureCat Research Focus : Structural characterisation of disordered and complex materials, in particular next generation cathode materials, using total scattering methods and statistical data analysis. FutureCat Institution: Oxford University. Next Destination: (January 2022) Harry joined Nature Communications in January 2022 as an Associate Editor, he is now a Senior Editor at Nature Communications. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Bin Wang
FutureCat Research Focus: SECM characterization of the solid-state interface of the cathode. FutureCat Institution: Lancaster University. Next Destination: (May 2022) Lecturer at China University of Petroleum.
Dr Laura Wheatcroft
FutureCat Research Focus: Characterisation and development of new electrode microstructures for future cathode materials. FutureCat Institution: University of Sheffield. Next Destination: (May 2023) Scientist, Nyobolt. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Joe Stallard
FutureCat Research Focus: Materials characterisation and linking the macroscopic behaviour of materials to their microstructure. FutureCat Institution: Cambridge University. Next Destination: (April 2023) Research Associate, Adam Boies research group at Cambridge University on an IUK project to incorporate carbon nanotubes as a conductive additive in LIBs and find new ways of dispersing/processing nanotube materials. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Bonan Zhu
FutureCat Research Focus: Computational modelling and discovery of future cathode materials. FutureCat Institution: UCL. Next Destination: (July 2023) Associate Professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering. Connect: LinkedIn
Dr Ziheng Lu
FutureCat Research Focus: Computational and experimental design of new materials. FutureCat Institution: Cambridge University. Next Destination: (February 2022) Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research. Connect: Microsoft Research.
Dr Glen Murray
FutureCat Research Focus: (battery synthesis) Industry Fellow with TFP Hydrogen Products. FutureCat Institution: University of Sheffield. Next Destination: (August 2022) Lead Battery Materials Scientist Jaguar Land Rover, now Principal Scientist at Agratas Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Abby Haworth
FutureCat Research Focus: Using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to provide additional insight into the local structure of cathode materials and protective coatings. FutureCat Institution: Lancaster University. Next Destination: (April 2023) Lecturer, School of Engineering, Liverpool University. Connect: here.
Dr Xiao Hua
Research Focus: Application of a variety of synchrotron techniques to study novel electrode materials’ local structures and their impact on materials’ performances. FutureCat Institution (as PDRA): University of Sheffield. Next Destination: (April 2022), Lecturer of Chemistry, Lancaster University. In 2023 Xiao became Co-Investigator on the FutureCat project, and in 2024 becoming FutureCat WP1 Co-Lead. Connect: Lancaster University or LinkedIn.
Peter Gross
FutureCat Research Focus: Disordered rock salts as future cathode materials for lithium ion batteries. FutureCat Institution: University of Sheffield. Next Destination: (January 2024) Research Associate, Professor Tony West‘s group, CMBE Sheffield, researching mechanochemical synthesis of battery materials (Grant EP/X040305/1).
Dr Viktoria Falkowski
FutureCat Research Focus: Synthesis of new layered materials and their characterisation. FutureCat Institution: Oxford University. Next Destination: (January 2023) – Laser material processing group at the Karlruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Kirstie McCombie
FutureCat Research Focus: Synthesis and development of possible cathode materials for lithium ion batteries based on complex metal oxides, including disordered rock salt structures and spinels. FutureCat Institution: University of Sheffield. Next Destination:(January 2023) Research Fellow at Warwick Manufacturing Group. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Abarasi Hart
FutureCat Research Focus: Controlling and optimizing structure, morphology and composition of cathode nanoparticles for Li-ion batteries. FutureCat Institution: University of Sheffield. Next Destination: (March 2023) Senior Research Associate, Aston University. Connect: LinkedIn
Dr Seungkyu Park
FutureCat Research Focus: development of advanced energy materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs). FutureCat Institution: Cambridge University. Next Destination: (September 2021) Staff Engineer, Samsung, South Korea. Connect: LinkedIn.
Dr Alex Squires
FutureCat Research Focus: Characterisation of local atomic structure in disordered Li-ion cathode materials, and its implications for electrochemical performance using computational modelling techniques. FutureCat Institution: UCL. Next Destination: (September 2023) Group Leader, Scanlon Materials Group, University of Birmingham. Connect: LinkedIn.