Staff
Dr Alexis GRIMAUD
Principal investigator, associate researcher (chargé de recherche)
grimauda@bc.edu.fr
Alexis has been working on electrocatalysis, water splitting and aqueous batteries since 2014. Before joining the CSE lab, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA and obtained his PhD at the Université de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. Find out more about his research on ResearchGate, ORCID and Google Scholar.
For a complete resume, please refer to Alexis’ CV.
Dr Daniel ALVES DALLA CORTE
Principal investigator, research engineer
Daniel has been working on Li-ion, Na-ion, all solid-state batteries as well as experimental designs and devices since 2014. Before joining the CSE lab, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA and obtained his PhD at the Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France. Find out more about his research on ResearchGate and connect with him on LinkedIn. Daniel has temporarily moved out of the lab to focus on his start-up company.
For a complete resume, please refer to Daniel’s CV.
Dr Julien BONEFACINO
Julien obtained his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2017, focusing on the development of polymer fibre Bragg grating (FBGs) sensors for medical applications. He continued his work at PolyU as a postdoctoral fellow working on heartbeat and respiration measurements using polymer fibre Bragg grating sensors. In 2018, his research interest switched to battery monitoring using fibre optic sensors. In June 2022, he joined the CSE as a research engineer focusing on battery monitoring using fibre optic sensors, and the transition of those fundamental researches into industrial applications.
Postdocs
During his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India, Soni focused on overcoming the key challenges with sodium metal anode for Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur batteries through 3D carbon hosts, patterned interlayers and electrolyte engineering with additives. He joined CSE in December 2024, where he workied on the optimization and upscaling of aqueous Zinc-Ion batteries. You can contact him on Linkedin.
Omar Hassan obtained his PhD from the University of Grenoble (France) in January 2024, working on pillared graphene for supercapacitors. He joined CSE in September 2024 as a postdoc and has been working on EQCM techniques to understand the electrode/electrolyte interfacial dynamics of Aqueous batteries. You can contact him on Linkedin.
Dr Tatjana ŠAFARIK
Tatjana completed her PhD at the University of Bordeaux in France, developing porous materials for miniaturized electrochemical devices. She joined CSE in December 2023 and has been working on a lab-on-fiber for advanced sensing in energy storage systems. You can contact her on Linkedin.
Dr Yu WANG
Yu Wang obtained her PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong on Li-air batteries in 2019 and focused on aqueous Li/Zn-ion batteries as a postdoctoral fellowship in 2022. She joined CSE in January 2023 and has since been working on battery sensing and monitoring by operando infrared spectroscopy. You can contact her on LinkedIn.
During her PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) in Mumbai, India, Harshita focused on enhancing the electrode-electrolyte interphases for sodium-ion batteries through electrolyte engineering. She joined CSE in July 2024, where she worked to develop new electrode materials and electrolytes to further advance sodium-ion battery technology. You can contact her on Linkedin.
Wei obtained his PhD from Xiamen University (China) on high-performance cathode materials for lithium ion batteries in June 2022. He joined CSE in August 2022 and worked on all-solid-state batteries.
Fu Liu obtained his PhD from Carleton University (Canada) for ultrafast switching based on optical fiber grating in 2020, and focused on all fiber polarization scrambler as a postdoctoral fellowship in 2021. He joined CSE in January 2022 and worked on battery sensing and monitoring by Fiber-Grating sensors.
During his PhD thesis, Juan worked at the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB) on the electrolyte optimization for calcium-metal batteries. After obtaining his PhD degree in April 2022, Juan joined CSE and worked on synthesis of electrolyte components for Na-ion batteries.
Biao obtained his PhD from Peking University, China and worked on anionic redox in Li-ion batteries from April 2019 to December 2022.
Bernhard obtained his PhD from the University of Liverpool, UK and worked on S-based compounds as a Post-doc in CSE from January 2020 to January 2022.
Jiaqiang obtained his PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong and was working on sensing in batteries from December 2018 to November 2021. Find out more about his research on ResearchGate and on Google Scholar.
Florencia obtained her PhD from the University of Buenos Aires and has been working on all solid-state batteries from September 2018 to March 2021. Find out more about her research on ResearchGate, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Hussein obtained his PhD from Université Paris Diderot, France and has been working on Na-based electrolytes since February 2020. Find out more about his research on ResearchGate, ORCID and Google Scholar, and connect with him on LinkedIn.
Marie Francine obtained her PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland and has been working on decoupled water electrolyser designs since June 2019. Find out more about her research on ResearchGate, ORCID and Google Scholar, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Iban worked on electrocatalysis and had previously obtained his PhD degree at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université) in Paris, France and worked as a postdoctoral assistant at the Université Paris-Diderot Paris 7, France.
2016-2017
Claudio worked on parasitic reactions in Na-ion batteries from October 2018 through October 2019 and had previously obtained his PhD degree at the Université Paris-Diderot Paris 7, France. Find out more about his research on Google Scholar.
2014-2015
2016-2017
Matthieu worked on energy storage materials and had previously obtained his PhD degree at the University of Kassel, Germany and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kassel, Germany and the ICGM in Montpellier, France.
Linjie worked on proton-coupled electron transfer in electrochemical alcohol oxidation from January 2019 through January 2020 and had previously obtained his PhD degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Rona worked on the development of OER catalysts from September 2017 through August 2019 and had previously obtained her PhD degree at the University of Oxford, UK.
PhD students
Zhenying obtained her MSc in physical chemistry from Shanghai University, China and has been working on the Prussian blue analogs in energy storage systems by in-situ electrochemical and electrogravimetric methods since January 2021. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
John obtained his Masters in Chemistry (MChem) from the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland and worked on water-in-salt electrolytes from October 2021 to October 2024.
Double degree in engineering school at ESPCI Paris and Mines Paris with a formation in physico-chemistry and industrial processes. He started his PhD at Collège de France in October 2020 and he worked on the development of new materials with anionic redox for Li-ion batteries. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Cédric obtained his French engineering degree from ESPCI Paris and PSL University, where he studied physics and chemistry with a strong emphasis on experimental teaching. He started his PhD at Collège de France in October 2021, joining non-invasive battery activities. He worked on embedding optic fibers directly inside batteries to perform infrared spectroscopy in operando.
Simon obtained his MSc degree in materials science from Chimie ParisTech and Sorbonne University. He worked at CSE on anodic electrochromic materials from October 2021 to November 2024.
Elisa obtained her MSc degree in materials science from Chimie ParisTech and PSL University and worked at CSE on Na-ion cathode materials from October 2021 to December 2024.
Florian obtained his MSc in Chemistry from Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in 2021 and worked on hybrid water electrolysis from September 2021 to september 2024. Find out more about his research on ORCID and Google Scholar.
Benjamin obtained his MSc in Chemistry and Physical Engineering from the Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics (ENSCBP) of Bordeaux, France in 2020. From January 2021 to January 2024 he worked on all-solid-state batteries. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Elisa obtained her French engineering degree from PHELMA engineering school (Grenoble INP group), where she studied electrochemistry. She started her PhD at Collège de France in October 2020, joining the solid-state battery group. She worked on cathodic composite materials for solid-state batteries, with a special emphasis on the usage of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for understanding detrimental phenomena. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Damien obtained his MSc in analytical and physical chemistry from Sorbonne University and Paris-Saclay University, France. He has worked on the understanding of solvation properties on the surface of water splitting catalysts from October 2020 to October 2023. Find out more about his research on ORCID.
Parth has worked on understanding the degradation mechanisms of the Na-ion full cells and finding solutions to achieve better cell performances. In 2020, he obtained his B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from IIT Bombay. For his Master’s dissertation, he worked on discoveries of new positive electrode materials for K-ion batteries. Please find out more about his research on Researchgate, Google Scholar, and connect with him on LinkedIn.
Ezzoubair obtained a MSc at the Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech, Morocco, in physico-chemistry of materials followed by a second MSc from the Université de Tours in Tours, France, on the R&D of new materials for energy storage. He worked on the study of interfacial phenomena involved in M-ion batteries using Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance for the prospect of embedding it in a real battery setup from October 2020 to October 2023. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
From October 2020 to September 2023, Valentin worked on the implementation of standardized cycling procedures for Li-ion batteries. He obtained his MSc in Chemistry and Physical Engineering from the Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics (ENSCBP) of Bordeaux, France. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Tuncay obtained his MSc in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion from Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France and worked on all-solid-state batteries from September 2019 to September 2022. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Laura obtained her MSc in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion from Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France and worked on non-invasive battery sensing and monitoring from February 2019 to July 2022. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Thomas obtained his MSc from Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, France and was working on synthesizing new cathode materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries from September 2017 to December 2021 in the CSE lab. Find out more about his research on ORCID, and connect with him on LinkedIn.
Léa obtained her MSc from INP-PHELMA Grenoble, France and was working on water-in-salt electrolyte from October 2018 t0 December 2021. Find out more about her research on ResearchGate, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Fanny obtained her MSc from Université Paris-Sud / Ecole Centrale Paris, France and was working on organic membrane design towards self-healing Li-S batteries from November 2018 to December 2021. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
Qing obtained her MSc from Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France and has been working on Na-ion cathode materials since May 2017. Find out more about her research on ResearchGate and ORCID, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Nicolas obtained his MSc from Ecole Normale Supérieure / Ecole Polytechnique, France and has been working on water at electrified interfaces since March 2017. Find out more about his research on ResearchGate, ORCID and Google Scholar, and connect with him on LinkedIn.
Pierre obtained his MSc from INP-PHELMA Grenoble, France and has been working on EQCM / electrochemical characterization since October 2017. Find out more about his research on ORCID and Google Scholar.
Gaurav obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Li-ion cathode materials. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Yan was a visiting PhD student at the CSE lab and worked on transition metal oxides for water electrolysis. She had previously obtained her BSc degree at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Find out more about her research on ResearchGate and ORCID, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Quentin obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Li-ion cathode materials. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France.
Laura obtained her PhD degree at the CSE lab and had previously obtained her MSc degree at the Ecole Normale Supérieure / Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université) in Paris, France.
Florent obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and had previously obtained his MSc degree at the Chimie ParisTech / Ecole Normale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France.
Lukas obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Na-O2 batteries. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.
Zihan was an exchange PhD student from the University of Tokyo, Japan and worked on sensing in coin cells from November 2019 through March 2020.
Misae was a visiting PhD student at the CSE lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Group from the Osaka Prefecture University and worked on the synthesis of Li-rich materials.
Paul obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Li-ion cathode materials from October 2016 through October 2019. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université) in Paris, France.
Arnaud obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Na-ion and Li-ion battery materials. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France.
Sujoy obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on solid electrolytes, anionic redox and solid-state batteries. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune, India.
Florian was a co-shared PhD student at the CSE lab and worked on Li-ion and Na-ion battery materials. He had previously obtained his MSc degree at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Meiling obtained her PhD degree at the CSE lab and had previously obtained her MSc degree at the Wuhan University of Technology, China.
Wei obtained her PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Li-O2/CO2 batteries from October 2015 through October 2019. She had previously obtained her MSc degree at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
Leiting obtained his PhD degree at the CSE lab and worked on Li-ion battery materials. He had previously obtained his MPhil degree at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.