Invited Speaker – Faraday ECR Conference

Mahfuz Kamal

December 14, 2023

An aspiring entrepreneur and power electronics enthusiast, Mahfuz is deeply committed to innovating in the field of sustainable energy. Completing a Ph.D. at Newcastle University with the Faraday Institution, he is at the forefront of researching advanced battery discharge strategies in recycling applications. His work focuses on developing methods for rapidly discharging end-of-life batteries, and harnessing their power. Through this research, Mahfuz aims to make significant contributions to sustainable energy and advocate for the responsible management of battery waste....

Rob Timms

by Emily Baird

December 8, 2023

Robert Timms is a Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Ionworks and a core developer of the open-source battery modelling package PyBaMM. He is passionate about open science and delivering real-world impact from research through commercial activity. Before founding Ionworks, Robert was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, where his research focused on developing fast and accurate models for the coupled electrochemical-thermal-mechanical behaviour of Li-ion cells. This research was conducted within the Multi-Scale Modelling Fast Start Project of the Faraday Institution. Robert gained his PhD from the University of East Anglia in 2018, where he worked on problems related to the safe handling of energetic materials....

Rowena Brugge

by Emily Baird

December 7, 2023

Dr Rowena Brugge is the R&D Manager at Nyobolt, working in the Materials R&D team in Cambridge, focusing on understanding and developing Nyobolt’s fast charging battery materials and cells. The team has close links with Professor Clare Grey’s research group in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Rowena studied chemistry at the University of Oxford, before moving for her PhD at the Department of Materials at Imperial College London, which examined the properties of materials and interfaces in all-solid-state batteries. She then worked with Professor Clare Grey as a Research Associate part-time alongside being a Scientist at Nyobolt, prior to her current role....

Tom Heenan

by Emily Baird

December 4, 2023

Dr Tom Heenan is the CEO and co-founder of Gaussion, a London-based start-up that develops magnetic systems to improve battery performance. He is the lead inventor of MagLiB technology, and a Faraday Entrepreneurial Fellow. Throughout his career he has accumulated numerous awards and published several high-impact publications; Nature (DOI:10.1038/s41586-023-05913-z). He is an internationally recognised engineer and entrepreneur, and has previously acted as: a Visiting Foreign National at NASA; the co-creator of an open-source battery database (DoE, USA); a consultant for various companies; and has acted as an expert-witness on high-profile court-cases....