James Marco
Co-I
Professor James Marco is Head of the Energy Directorate at WMG and leads the Battery Systems Research Group. Broad research interests are focussed on the challenge of scaling-up individual battery cells to complete energy storage systems, including the use of data-driven, modelling, and experimental methods to optimise battery integration, performance and life.
David Howey
Co-I, WP3 Leader
Prof. David Howey is a Professor of Engineering Science and Tutorial Fellow at the University of Oxford, where he leads a research group focused on modelling and managing energy storage systems, for electric vehicles as well as grid and off-grid power systems
Billy Wu
Co-I
Dr. Billy Wu is a Senior Lecturer in the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. He works on developing physics-based models of lithium-ion batteries and understanding their degradation.
Saira Naeem
Project Network Coordinator
Dr Saira Naeem ( Project Network Coordinator ) is developing and implementing the communication strategy, which includes social media management. She also manages meeting organisations and the day-to-day running of the project.
Silvia Gigli
Project Manager
Ms Silvia Gigli is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and is in charge of the project management, including preparing and maintaining accurate budgetary reports/forecasts, preparing the communication plan and implementing & maintaining effective management tools.
B. Ebrahimpour
Associated PhD
Benyamin Ebrahimpour is a post graduate research student at the School of Mathematics and Physics, where he works with Dr Jamie Foster and Dr Smita Sahu on the physics-based modelling of Li-ion batteries with blended electrodes
Smita Sahu
Co-I
Dr Smita Sahu is a lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Portsmouth, where she works on developing high-order numerical methods to solve models describing Lithium-ion cells. She is one of the main core developers of DandeLiion. DandeLiion is an ultra-fast solver for electrochemical models of planar lithium-ion cells and thermal-electrochemical models […]
Ivan Korotkin
Research Associate
Dr Ivan Korotkin is a Senior Research Assistant in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton and a lead developer of DandeLiion, a high-performance cloud-based solution for physics-based mathematical models of Li-ion batteries.
Monica Marinescu
Co-I, WP2 Leader
Dr Monica Marinescu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, where she leads work on physics-based Li-ion battery modelling, including understanding of coupled battery degradation, as well as on distributed thermally coupled equivalent circuit models for cell and pack design and control.
Jon Chapman
Co-I