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Read more at: Prof Vasant and Minfei presented at Li-ION 2021

Prof Vasant and Minfei presented at Li-ION 2021

5 December 2021

Professor Vasant Kumar recently presented at Li-ION 2021 international conference from December 1-3, 2021, joinly hosted by the Open University and IIT Hyderabad, and supported by Indian Goverment Department of Science and Technology, Royal Academy of Engineering, UKIERI, and many others. Professor Vasant's invited talk on...


Read more at: Minfei won the Best Poster Award at IBA 2021

Minfei won the Best Poster Award at IBA 2021

30 October 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei was awarded the Best Poster Award by Professor Andy Xueliang Sun at the International Battery Materials Association IBA 2021 Annual Meeting (IBA 2021), at Xiamen, China, October 24 - 29, 2021. Minfei's presentation on Li metal anode protection is a collabrative project between the University of...


Read more at: Welcome Francisco on board!

Welcome Francisco on board!

13 October 2021

The MCG is happy and excited to have Francisco on board! Francisco recently joins the group as PDRA, working on industrial implementation of sustainable synthesis methods for the production of high-performance inorganic material for different applications. He obatined his PhD from Imperial College London, before that...


Read more at: Minfei presented at the 240th ECS Meeting

Minfei presented at the 240th ECS Meeting

6 October 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei recently gave a poster along with a recorded 12 min talk at the 240th Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting. Minfei's presentation titled "Stabilizing Lithium Anode Via Separator Engineering and in-Situ Electrolyte Additive Tuned SEI" was a collabrative work between the University of Cambridge...


Read more at: Minfei presented at the Varsity Sci 2021 Symposium

Minfei presented at the Varsity Sci 2021 Symposium

30 September 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei recently gave a talk at the Varsity Sci 2021 Symposium, representing Cambridge against Oxford. The title of his talk was "High performance anode strategy in Li based batteries: Li metal anode and Si-based anode". Minfei briefly introduced the current portable device market energy supply situation...


Read more at: Emma presented at the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021

Emma presented at the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021

31 August 2021

MCG Ph.D. student Emma presented at the ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021 last week. The title of her poster was "Investigating Separator Membranes Used In Organic Redox Flow Battery Systems Using NMR Spectroscopy". In the poster, she presented some results showing that crossover and sorption of model quinone electrolytes can be...


Read more at: MCG alumni Wei (Alex) Wang appointed as a Professor at Beihang University

MCG alumni Wei (Alex) Wang appointed as a Professor at Beihang University

29 August 2021

Dr Wei (Alex) Wang, a joint PhD student at MCG during 2015-2016, is now a professor at the School of Space and Environment, Beihang University (BUAA). He received a PhD from University of Science and Technology Beijing’s State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy in 2016. Subsequently followed by a Boya Postdoctoral...


Read more at: Minfei's field trip to Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier & Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Minfei's field trip to Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier & Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

29 August 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Minfei recently took a field trip co-organized by Nanjing University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, to Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier & Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this late June. The research team was hosted by Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, & Tianshan Glaciological Station...


Read more at: Preparing for the Moon under a Mountain – Eleonore's 8-day analogue space mission

Preparing for the Moon under a Mountain – Eleonore's 8-day analogue space mission

29 August 2021

MCG Ph.D. candidate Eleonore is again hitting the news headline. There were some media sources, including Le Temps , ma RTS , SWI swissinfo , and Canal9 , showcasing her recent 8-day analogue space mission with some other analogue astronauts at Grimselpass, Switzerland, in July. In 2019, Eleonore was selected as an...


Read more at: Sarah passes her MPhil viva and is embracing the next consulting chapter

Sarah passes her MPhil viva and is embracing the next consulting chapter

26 July 2021

Sarah recently passed her MPhil viva on aqueous zinc ion batteries last month, and is earger to start her next chapter as a Knowledge Analyst for Energy, Power and Oil and Gas at McKinsey & Company Jakarta office in August 2021. The MCG group had a relaxed farewell gatherings at the Plough in Coton. Here's Sarah's...