Academic background:

Edward is a NanoDTC PhD student (c. 2021) in the Department of Engineering and the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry. As an undergraduate in the University of Cambridge, he read engineering and received his MEng in electrical and mechanical engineering. In summer research internships, he worked on UK nuclear fusion programme and on materials simulation for nuclear fission applications. During a master’s degree in physics, he completed short research projects on perovskites and porous GaN before starting his PhD researching flow batteries.

Current research:

Edward is supervised by Prof Michaël De Volder and is co-supervised by Prof Dame Clare Grey. Edward researches flow batteries, where he targets enabling low-cost long duration energy storage systems by electrode engineering. The focus of his work uses electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and materials characterisation techniques to develop design rules for electrodes across a range of chemistries.  

Other interests:

Edward is passionate about energy policy, having worked on the Review of Energy Market Arrangements project in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero whilst on secondment from his PhD. In Cambridge, he is/has been on the committee of the Cambridge University Energy Technology Society and the Jesus College MCR.