Team members
Current members
| Name | Period | Role | Project |
|---|
| Dr. Tim Melin | 2026.09- | Researcher | Anode-free lithium metal batteries |
| Dr. Yeongwoo Kim | 2026.09- | Postdoc (based at Dept. IT) | Machine-learning-assisted battery diagnostics |
| Dr. Faruk Okur | 2026.08– | Postdoc | Anode-free solid-state batteries |
| Dr. Sicheng Wu | 2026.04– | Postdoc | Sustainable aqueous batteries |
| Sisi Wang | 2026.01– | PhD student (main supervisor) | Anode-free lithium-metal batteries |
| Ziyin Guo | 2023.10– | PhD student (main supervisor) | Interfacial reactivities in aqueous batteries |
| Inti Espinoza Ramos | 2023.09– | PhD student (main supervisor) | Battery acoustic emission sensing |
| Axel Hällgren | 2025.09– | PhD student (co-supervisor) | Predictive modeling of battery aging |
| Lukas Lindén Thöming | 2025.01– | PhD student (co-supervisor) | Next-generation aqueous batteries |
| Qianyun Bai | 2025.01– | PhD student (co-supervisor) | Next-generation aqueous batteries |
| Arjunraj Padmarajan Ambika | 2026.08– | Master’s thesis student* | Sustainable seawater batteries |
* Recipient of the WISE Research Master’s Thesis Scholarship
Alumni
| Name | Period | Role | Project |
|---|
| Dr. Hwamyung Jang | 2025–2026 | Researcher | Chemomechanics of all-solid-state batteries |
| Pius Appiah | 2026 | Visiting PhD student | Machine-learning-assisted electrolyte optimization |
| Haohui Zhang | 2024–2026 | Master thesis student | Benchmarking aqueous MnO2 batteries |
| Dr. Selen Günaydın | 2025–2026 | Visiting postdoc | Synchrotron studies of next-generation battery materials |
| Jackie Yik | 2021–2026 | PhD student (co-supervisor) | A self-driving lab for battery electrolyte design |
| Casper Björkman | 2025 | Student assistant | Graphical user interface design of battery acoustic emission sensing |
| Yue Zhou | 2025 | Student assistant | Machine-learning-assisted signal process of acoustic emission sensing |
| William Johansson | 2025 | Student assistant | Machine-learning-assisted signal process of acoustic emission sensing |
| Oskar Byrén | 2025 | Master thesis student | Anode-free lithium batteries |
| Caroline Albert | 2024 | Master thesis student (w/ Volvo Cars) | Characterization of cylindrical Li-ion cells of 46-series |
| Masoud Foroutan Koudahi | 2023 | Visiting PhD student | Electrochemical testing of hybrid electrolytes |
| Inti Espinoza Ramos | 2023 | Master thesis student (w/ Volvo Cars) | Operando quantification of Li-plating |
| Franziska Maria Kühling | 2022–2023 | Erasmus+ exchange student | Intercalation mechanism of TiS2 in aqueous batteries |