Vinay Malhotra is a member of Darwin College where he achieved his MRes through the Graphene Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) at the University of Cambridge and is now researching 2D nanomaterial structures for improving electrode performance in redox-flow battery systems. The project is jointly supervised by Dr Michaël de Volder and Professor Clare Grey, and is an industrial collaboration with Royal Dutch Shell plc. (LON:RDSA). Vinay graduated with a BSc in Physics with Nanoscience and Technology at the University of Leicester and has interests in escape rooms, Japanese language and culture, photography, technology, politics, computers & video games, visual narratives and music.