Postdoctoral Research Associates
PDRA
Max Jenkins
Working on layered Na-ion cathodes.
PDRA
Mingzhi Cai
Working on understanding and regulating the nature of oxygen redox in beyond Li-ion batteries.
PDRA - Exeter College
Rui Qi
Working on understanding anionic redox in Li-rich cathodes.
PDRA
James Steele
Investigating short-range order in Li-rich 3D cathode materials
PDRA
Nicole Mitchell
Investigating disordered rocksalt Na-ion cathodes
DPhil Students
DPhil Student - Linacre College
Oliver (Ollie) Thomas
Working on earth-abundant layered oxide Na-ion cathodes.
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DPhil Student - Hertford College
Rebecca Witte
Working on understanding and controlling oxygen redox.
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DPhil Student - Trinity College
Krystal Lee
Working on high valent redox cathodes.
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DPhil Student - Lincoln College
Yuanhui Zhu
Researching cathode materials for multivalent ion batteries, with a focus on magnesium-ion systems.
DPhil Student - St Cross College
Patrick Rees
Researching the thermal properties of Na-ion batteries.
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DPhil Student - Oriel College
Haiyi Wang
Working on development of earth-abundant cathodes for Mg- and Ca-ion batteries.
DPhil Student - The Queen's College
Harry Wright
Working on virtual up-scaling of Na-ion batteries.
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DPhil Student - Trinity College
Robbie Shaw
Studying diffusion in sodium-ion cathodes.
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DPhil Student - St Anne’s College
Yerim Jung
Working on the microstructural design of lithium-rich cathode materials.
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DPhil Student - Hertford College
Liv Ward
Working on understanding and controlling oxygen redox.
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DPhil Student - New College
Xinyi He
Exploring microbial routes to sustainable cathode materials.
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DPhil Student - The Queen's College
Samuel Fryer
Working to enable solid-state Mg-ion batteries with polymer electrolytes.
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DPhil Student - St Hilda's College
James Wood
Investigating short-range order in Li-rich 3D cathode materials.
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DPhil Student
Maya Tovar
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Master's Students
Master's Student - St Edmund's Hall
Daniel Record
Working on Ca-ion batteries.
Master's Student - St Catherine's College
Veronica (Nuan-Yi) Zeng
Working on disordered rocksalt cathodes.
Previous Group Members
Eliza Harris
Master's Student 2025/26
Avishi Monga
Master's Student 2025/26
Yuan Quan
DPhil Student 2022/26
Benedict Keates
Master's Student 2024/25
Toby Folkes
Master's Student 2024/25
Kriti Choudhary
Visiting PhD Student 2024
Kyungsung Kim
Master's Student 2023/24
Tehillah Campbell
Master's Student 2023/24
Yasaman Shirazimoghadam
Visiting PhD Student 2023
Dingqiao (Peter) Ji
Master's Student 2022/23
Amelia Tortell-Milhano
Master's Student 2022/23
