I graduated in physical chemistry M.Sc. from Addis baba University in 2011. Currently, am a PhD student at DTU Energy Conversion
In 2012 I received a masters in Chemical Engineering from Aalborg University, DK, and currently I am a Ph.D. Student at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Technical University of Denmark.
My masters involved identification and synthesis of superhydrophobic polymers for membranes as emulsion separations. The project lead to a novel type of membrane displaying high efficiencies due to an enhanced hydrophobicity, partly due to a fiber like morphology introduced by electrospinning and partly by the choice polymer. I was so fortunate, that part of this work, was conducted at The University of Akron, OH, USA.
In December 2012, I was accepted as a Ph.D. at DTU, where my studies, so far, are on the fundamental aspects of the Li- and Na-O2 batteries.
Søren Dahl is the project manager for Battery Materials R&D at Haldor Topsøe A/S. He received his PhD in surface science studies of ammonia synthesis in 1999 at the Technical University of DK. He then worked for 10 years with various aspects of catalyst R&D at Haldor Topsøe. In 2009 became professor at the Technical University of Denmark in connection with the research initiative “Catalysis for Sustainable Energy” for which he was director until he rejoined Haldor Topsøe in 2012.
Work address:
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark,Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Phone: +45 46774726, +45 21124450
Field of research:
Solid state chemistry and materials science, especially structure/properties relations in materials for energy technology and catalysis. Synthesis of inorganic materials and nanomaterials using e.g. soft chemistry methods as hydrothermal synthesis. Structural characterization using powder and single crystal X-ray, synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction. In situ diffraction studies of synthesis, chemical reactions and operating catalytic and electrochemical systems using synchrotron and conventional X-ray radiation. New battery materials and battery technology, especially lithium-ion and lithium-air batteries; materials synthesis and electrochemical properties, in situ studies of synthesis, materials reaction and full battery cells.
Education and Professional Career:
1986 M.Sc. (Cand. Scient), Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark (Major in Chemistry, Minor in Physics).
1989 Ph.D. degree (Lic. Scient.) in Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1987-89 Extended stay at the Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo.
1988 Study visit at ETH, Zürich (3 months).
1989-94 Assistant professor and associate professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Odense, Denmark
1994-97 Visiting scientist, Chemistry Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
1998-99 Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
1999-2002 Research scientist, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo.
2003-2009 Professor in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oslo.
2009- Senior Scientist, DTU Energy Conversion
Academic Achievements:
Peer reviewed: 96, Book chapters: 2, proceedings: 18, other 2, h-index: 29. Courses at Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. levels, e.g. Materials Chemistry, Synthesis of Inorganic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry. Experience as supervisor for Ph.D. and master students as well as postdocs.
Management experience:
2005-08 Member of the Board of the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, SMN, University of Oslo.
2006-09 Member of the NFR (Norwegian Research Council) program committee for Norwegian Synchrotron Research.
-2009 Member of the leader group of inGAP (Innovative Natural Gas Processes and Products), an NFR appointed centre for research based Innovation, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo
-2009 Group leader for the functional inorganic materials research group, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo.
-2010 Member of the CH review committee (Chemistry) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, Grenoble.
Eivind M. Skou graduated from the Technical University of Denmark in. He recieved the degree of PhD from the Technical University of Den¬mark in 1974 (The Electrochemical Oxidation of Glucose on Platinum). In the period 1969-1972 he periodically held a position as assistant professor and a post. doctoral position in 1973-74 (project: transport properties of strong battery electrolytes), all at the Technical University of Denmark.
In 1974 he was appointed as Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (then Odense University) and in 1975 he was appointed Associate Professor. In 2008 he was appointed professor. In shorter periods in 1987 and 1988 he has been working in H. & L. Engineering, Svendborg on leave from the university.
Since 1985 he has been local project leader on more than 15 EU- and national programmes related to fuel cell and lithium battery development.
Scott A. Barnett is a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Northwestern University. After receiving his Ph.D. in Metallurgy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982, he held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Illinois and Linkøping University (Sweden).
He took his present position at Northwestern in 1986. He has worked on ion-assisted deposition of semiconductor and ceramic thin films and coatings, and developed ultra-hard nitride nano-layered coatings. His research utilizes physical vapor and colloidal deposition methods for producing ceramic materials with energy applications, including Li-ion battery electrodes, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), and regenerative solid oxide cells (ReSOCs).
He has worked on three-dimensional tomography of electrode microstructure for understanding electrochemical processes and degradation phenomena, SOFC operation with hydrocarbon fuels, and development of materials for intermediate temperature SOFCs.
He is also currently working on developing pressurized intermediate-temperature ReSOCs for achieving electricity storage with high round-trip efficiency.
Per Nørgård (1951). Danish. MSc Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 1976. Senior Engineer at Center for Electric Power and Energy, DTU Electrical Engineering. Expertise: From integration of wind power in the power system, over smart grid to smart energy and smart cities.