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2025-03-06

Position for two doctoral theses on modeling and simulation of redox flow batteries at the ZHAW / Switzerland

We have two open positions at ZHAW (Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) starting in spring, 2025. The PhD positions are part of the European funded doctoral network project for high-throughput screening, synthesis and characterization of active materials for flow batteries (PREDICTOR).

More information on the open positions are provided in the official job adverts:

– PhD in Cell-scale modelling for high-throughput screening: https://www.zhaw.ch/en/jobs/vacant-positions/job-details/job/detail/3527954

– PhD in Electrochemical double layer and meso-scale modelling: https://www.zhaw.ch/en/jobs/vacant-positions/job-details/job/detail/3532315

For more general information on this doctoral network project please visit the project website: https://www.rfb-predictor.eu/

2025-02-252025-02-25

Interview with ABC Radio Australia – Future Tense

I had an interview with ABC Radio Australia for Future Tense with Antony Funnell about Flow Batteries in Australia and world wide.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/futuretense/flow-batteries-windships-and-a-new-approach-to-off-grid-solar/104919840

2024-10-222024-11-11

40th Year Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Anniversary

The 40th anniversary of the discovery of the vanadium redox flow battery took place at the University of New South Wales on November 15 and 16, 2014. I am very grateful to have been invited to contribute and to have worked with UNSW for the last 7 years.

All the presentations and some more pictures are available here: https://www.energystoragehub.org.au/symposium-presentations

2024-10-21

Elaine Sum at 40th VRFB Anniversary in Sydney

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On October 15-16, 2024, the 40th anniversary symposium was held in Sydney in honor of the discovery of the Vanadium Flow Battery. I was able to meet Elaine Sum at this event and unfortunately only spoke briefly. Elaine was the first person at UNSW to work on the topic. Based on her work, the potential for the feasibility of a vanadium flow battery was seen.

2024-09-21

PREDICTOR KickOff Meeting

The kickoff meeting for the PREDICTOR project took place at the Fraunhofer ICT on 19.09.24. PREDICTOR is an EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie training network of 17 PhD students on computational and experimental high-throughput methods in the field of electrochemistry for redox-flow batteries. The objective is the development and demonstration of novel organic redox-flow batteries.