Eissa Altalhi
Work Package 1 & 2 - Conventional Li-S & Quasi Solid State Li-S
Eissa is based at University of Nottingham and is contributing to work packages 1 and 2.
Laurence Beauregard
Work Package 4 - Engineering & Modelling
Laurence is a PhD student at Imperial College London, where he is working on the development of an electrolyte for structural Li-S batteries. He graduated with a Master’s in Chemistry (MChem) from the University of Edinburgh, where his thesis project focused on the synthesis of nickel hydroxide supercapacitor electrodes.
Yiming (Bill) Guo
Work Package 2 - Quasi Solid State Li-S
Yiming (Bill) is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London, supervised by Dr Tom Miller. He is developing novel cathode materials for lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries and characterising cathode evolution during cycling with X-CT. He completed his master’s at UCL, where his dissertation focused on binder development for Li–S batteries.
Shunli He
Work Package 5 - Li-S Characterisation
Shunli is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London, working under the supervision of Dr Alexander J. E. Rettie. She is contributing to research on Li–S battery characterisation within the LiSTAR project. Her work focuses on understanding electrochemical processes and interfacial behaviour in lithium–sulfur systems, with an emphasis on advanced characterisation techniques to probe reaction mechanisms during cycling. She holds a background in materials/electrochemical energy storage, with previous research experience in battery materials and thin-film systems.
I-Chuan (Ally) Hsia
Work Package 1 - Conventional Li-S
Ally is a PhD student at Imperial College London in the Department of Chemical Engineering, working on the development of lignin-based cathodes for structural Lithium-sulfur batteries. She is supervised by Dr. Heather Au and Prof. Magda Titirici. Ally completed her master's studies at the University of Cambridge (Manufacturing) and Imperial College London (Materials Science). As part of her master's dissertation, she worked on Lithium-ion battery degradation.
Phil Morris
Work Package 1 - Conventional Li-S
My name is Phil and I am a PhD student based at UCL working on Characterisation and Modelling of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries specifically linking 3D images of real battery microstructure with 3D simulation of Lithium Sulfur under the supervision of Dr Rhodri Jervis and Dr James Robinson. I graduated BEng Chemical Engineering from University of Manchester at 2020 and MSc Biochemical Engineering from UCL at 2021.
Boyi Pang
Work Package 2 - Quasi Solid State Li-S
Boyi is a PhD student based at University College London in the Advanced Propulsion Lab (APL) working on “quasi-solid-state Li-S batteries” as part of work package 1&2. He obtained his master degree in Advanced materials science (MSc) with honours from UCL. He is working to achieve a quasi-solid-state conversion process for sulphur and to improve rate as well as cycling performance of Li-S batteries.
Bhavini Patel
Work Package 1 - Conventional Li-S
Bhavini is a PhD student at Imperial College London, where her research focuses on the development and optimisation of lignin-derived carbon fibres for high-performance structural batteries using electrospinning techniques. Bhavini earned her master's degree in chemistry (MChem) from the University of Oxford in 2024. She was introduced to the battery sector during her Faraday FUSE Summer Internship.
Yiheng Shao
Work Package 5 - Li-S Characterisation
Yiheng is a PhD student at the University of Oxford working with Prof. Paul Shearing. His research currently focuses on the visualisation of Li-S battery degradation in four dimensions. He obtained his master degree in Chemical Engineering (MEng) with honours from Imperial College London in 2024. Yiheng was introduced to Li-S batteries during his internship at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Melissa White
Work Package 1 - Conventional Li-S
Melissa is a PhD researcher in the NAMI group at the University of Nottingham. After completing a master's degree in chemistry at the University of Nottingham and an internship with the Faraday Institution, where she mapped the UK battery supply chain, she now researches novel materials for lithium–sulfur batteries. Her work contributes to Work Package 1.
Zhou Zhou
Work Package 1 - Conventional Li-S
Zhou is a PhD student at Imperial College London, working on the development of sustainable functional interlayers for lithium-sulfur batteries. She graduated with a master's in Materials Engineering (MEng) from Zhejiang University, where her thesis focused on the synthesis of transparent electrolyte membrane for electrochromic devices.