PhD students

Ronan CHOMETON

ronan.chometon@college-de-france.fr

Ronan obtained his double engineering degree from ESPCI Paris, in chemical physics, and Mines Paris, in material science. He currently works on the development of hybrid interfaces between the Li-metal and the electrolyte for solid-state batteries.

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Elisa QUEMIN

elisa.quemin@college-de-france.fr

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 is currently working on cathodic composite materials for solid-state batteries, with a special emphasis on the usage of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for understanding detrimental phenomena.

Jacques LOUIS

jacques.louis@college-de-france.fr

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 is working on the development of new materials with anionic redox for Li-ion batteries. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Zhenying LI

zhenying.li@college-de-france.fr

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.

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Benjamin HENNEQUART

benjamin.hennequart@college-de-france.fr

Benjamin obtained his MSc in Chemistry and Physical Engineering from the Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics (ENSCBP) of Bordeaux, France in 2020 and has been working on all-solid-state batteries since January 2021. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

Florian DORCHIES

florian.dorchies@college-de-france.fr

Florian obtained his MSc in Chemistry from Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in 2021 and has been working on hybrid water electrolysis since September 2021. Find out more about his research on ORCID and Google Scholar.

Elisa GREPIN

elisa.grepin@college-de-france.fr

Elisa obtained her MSc degree in materials science from Chimie ParisTech and PSL University and has been working on Na-ion cathode materials since October 2021. Connect with her on LinkedIin.

John BROWN

john.brown@college-de-france.fr

John obtained his Masters in Chemistry (MChem) from the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland and has been working on water-in-salt electrolytes since October 2021.

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Simon REDOR

simon.redor@college-de-france.fr

Simon obtained his MSc degree in materials science from Chimie ParisTech and Sorbonne University. He has been working on anodic electrochromic materials since October 2021.

Cédric LEAU

cedric.leau@college-de-france.fr

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 is currently working on embedding optic fibers directly inside batteries to perform infrared spectroscopy in operando. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Marina VLARA

marina.vlara@college-de-france.fr

Marina obtained her MSc in Integrative Chemistry & Innovation (ICI) at PSL Research University, developing an interdisciplinary profile. As of October 2022, she has been working as a PhD student towards the investigation of the mechanisms leading to the appearance of a knee-point in the lifetime of large format batteries for stationary storage applications, in operando, with the use optical sensors. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Clémence ALPHEN

clemence.alphen@college-de-france.fr

Clémence obtained her MSc in Chemistry and Physical Engineering from the Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics (ENSCBP) of Bordeaux, France and specialized in energy storage. She joined the sensing group in October 2022 and is currently working on monitoring the state of batteries during operation thanks to optical fibre Bragg grating sensors.

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Conrad QUAZZA

conrad.quazza@college-de-france.fr

Conrad obtained his MSc in Materials Science and Engineering from PSL University. He has been working on new electrochromic oxide materials for batteries since October 2023. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Horyung JI

horyung.ji@college-de-france.fr

Horyung obtained his MSc in Materials Chemistry from Sorbonne University. He joined the Solid-State team at CSE in October 2023. He has been working on the halide-electrolyte/anode interface in all-solid-state halide-based lithium metal batteries.

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Elisabeth BAJARD

elisabeth.bajard@college-de-france.fr

Elisabeth obtained her MSc in Integrative Chemistry & Innovation (ICI) at PSL-ChimieParisTech University. She joined the sensing group in October 2023 and is currently working on developing an optical fiber-based sensing system for alkaline electrolyzers. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Mariia PLATONOVA

mariaa.platonova@college-de-france.fr

In 2023, Mariia earned a double diploma in material science from the University of Rennes 1 and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She joined the solid-state battery group for her master’s thesis, which concentrated on optimizing cathode composites for low-pressure all-solid-state batteries. Since October 2023, she has been studying all-solid-state batteries as a PhD student. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.