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 of three-dimensional composite pouch cells.