Colin Please
Prof Colin Please is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Oxford Mathematical Institute. He works on physics-based Li-ion battery modelling including the many interactions between electrochemical, thermal and mechanical behaviour
Jamie Foster
Dr Jamie Foster is a Reader in Applied and Industrial Mathematics at Portsmouth University. His expertise are in applying modern mathematical and computational techniques to lithium-ion batteries with a particular focus on physics-based models describing electrochemistry and mechanics.
Monica Marinescu
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.
Ivan Korotkin
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.
Smita Sahu
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.
B. Ebrahimpour
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
Billy Wu
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.
Mayur Bonkile
Dr Mayur Bonkile is a research associate at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, where he works with Prof. Gregory Offer and Dr Billy Wu on physics-based Li-ion battery modelling, understanding of battery degradation, thermal management system and control.
Ferran Planella
Dr Ferran Brosa Planella is an Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Institute of the University of Warwick. His work focuses on derivation, reduction, and parameterisation of physics-based models for lithium-ion batteries. He is part of PyBaMM’s core team.
Ruihe Li
Ruihe Li is a PhD student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he works with Prof. Gregory Offer, Dr Monica Marinescu and Dr. Simon O’Kane, on physics-based Li-ion battery modelling, with a specific focus on electrolyte transport and solvent consumption.
Andrea Giudici
Catherine Folkson
Catherine Folkson is a PhD student within the Mechanical Engineering Department and is supervised by Dr Monica Marinescu and Prof. Gregory Offer. Catherine’s research focus is on physics-based modelling of the degradation of Li-ion batteries at extreme temperatures (<10°C and >50°C) to understanding the impact on battery operation and lifetime.
Kawa Manmi
Dr. Kawa Manmi is a research fellow at the Mathematics Institute of the University of Warwick, where he works with Dr. Ferran Brosa Planella on physics-based Li-ion battery modeling. His research specifically focuses on understanding the growth of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer.
Yoana Grudeva
Dr Yoana Grudeva is a research fellow at the University of Portsmouth, where she works with Dr Jamie Foster on physics-based Li-ion battery modelling and phase change.
Rohit Rungta
Rohit Rungta is a DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford supervised by Prof. Charles Monroe. His research interests include electrolyte characterization and modelling.
Luhan Sun
Dr Luhan Sun is a research associate at the University of Oxford, where she works with Prof. Charles Monroe in electrolytes for lithium-ion battery. Her work centers on establishing the composition and temperature dependences of cosolvent electrolyte properties, with focus on elucidating affects associated with relative motion of the solvents as well as poorly understood phenomena that arise in the ultraconcentrated salt regime.
Gregory Offer
Professor Gregory Offer is the PI of the MSM project. Professor of Electrochemical Engineering at Imperial College London his research spans the interface between the science of how batteries work and the engineering of how to design the best products around them.