ECOBAT Team

KU Leuven: Solvomet and SIEM

Koen Binnemans Professor, PI of Solvomet research group, department of Chemistry, KU Leuven. Prof. Binnemans is the leader of Work Package 3 and spokesperson-coordinator of ECOBAT project. Solvomet group is part of SIM2 research institute.
Jan Fransaer Professor, PI of Surface and Interface Engineered Materials (SIEM) research group, Materials Engineering Department, KU Leuven. Jan Fransaer is the leader of Work Package 2. SIEM group is part of SIM2 research institute.
Liuba Lukina Project manager. Leader of Work Package 5.
Wouter Monnens Postdoc. Wouter is working on reversible Ca anodes for calcium-metal batteries.
Xueliang Zhang PhD student. Xueliang is working on lithium-metal batteries
Zhenyu Zhou PhD student. Zhenyu is working on anode-free lithium-metal batteries.
Roy Heyns Researcher. Roy is working on the development of new potassium-containing electrolytes.

UC Louvain: Vlad energy group

Alex Vlad Professor, PI of Chemistry and materials for energy lab (Vlad Energy group), department of Chemistry, UC Louvain. Prof. Vlad is the leader of Work Package 4.
Rambabu Darsi Researcher. Rambabu studies organic cathodes.
Taniya Purkait Researcher. Taniya studies organic cathodes.
Petru Apostol Postdoc. Petru is working on  2D MOF Li-ion batteries
Andrii Kachmar Postdoc. Andrii is working on battery electrolytes.
Vasudeva Rao Bakuru Researcher. Vasudeva studies organic cathodes.
Robert Markowski PhD student. Robert studies organic cathodes.

University of Namur: LCT

Benoît Champagne Professor, PI of Laboratory of theoretical chemistry (LCT), department of chemistry, UNamur Prof. Champagne is the leader of Work Package 1.
Pierre Beaujean Postdoc. Pierre is doing simulations of organic cathode materials and solid electrolyte interface.
François Mairesse PhD student. François is studying theoretical chemistry of organometallic cathodes.
Vincent Liégeois Senior research associate. Vincent is doing simulations of vibrational spectroscopy.

University of Bonn: Kirchner group

Barbara Kirchner Professor, PI of Kirchner group, Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn. Prof. Kirchner is involved in research within Work Packages 1 ─ 3.
Johannes Ingenmey Postdoc. Johannes is doing molecular dynamics simulations of electrolyte systems.
Tianqun Wang PhD student. Tianqun is doing molecular dynamics simulations of electrolyte systems.