Principal Investigator
Prof. Alexandru Vlad
Professor of Chemistry
Division of Molecular Chemistry, Materials and Catalysis
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences
Université catholique de Louvain
- PhD Applied Sciences, 2009, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- MSc/BSc degree Polymer Science – Universitatea Politehnica Bucuresti, Romania
Chief Laboratory Manager
Fabio Lucaccioni
1st Chief Specialised Agent
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences
Associate Member Royal Society of Chemistry
Project Manager
Sadia Benyoub
Project Manager,
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences
Marie Claire Umutoni
Finance Manager,
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Taniya Purkait
Ph. D. Electrochemistry and Material Science, 2021
Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, India
Multivalent battery systems, coordination compounds, organic electrolyte and batteries
Dr. Xiaodong Lin
Ph.D. Energy chemistry
Xiamen University, China, 2020
Electrolytes for batteries, Organic/Inorganic batteries, Li-ion battery
Dr. Vasudeva Rao Bakuru
Ph.D. Chemistry, Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, India, 2020.
MOFs and organic materials for energy storage
Dr Darsi Rambabu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, India, 2017
Redox active metal-organic frameworks: conductivity and energy storage
Dr Wouter Monnens
Ph.D. in Materials science, KU Leuven, 2023. Electrodeposition of metals and alloys, energy storage
PhD Students
SeungGi Kim
M.Sc. degree – Materials Science and Engineering
Chungnam National university, Republic of Korea, 2021
Anode-free solid state batteries
Viliam Frano
B.S. Chemistry
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 2023
2D Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks
Robert Markowski
M.Sc. Degree – Université Catholique de Louvain, 2022
High voltage organic cathodes for divalent cation storage
Tom Goossens
M.Sc. Degree – Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 2020
Organic batteries, organic/metal-organic electrode materials for energy storage
Augustin Ramackers
B.S. Chemistry
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 2024
Organic batteries, Energy storage and conversion materials
Master Students
Samuel Wantiez
B.S. Chemistry UCLouvain 2025
Organic Ca-ion battery materials
Ilias Ouanzi
B.S. Chemistry UCLouvain 2025
Inorganic Ca-ion battery materials
Welcoming motivated young students to be successful in science
Visitors
Xiaoqian He
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Divalent battery materials and development
Alumni
| Shubhadeep Pal | Postdoc | 2020-2024 | Postdoc, ULiège, Belgium |
| Géraldine Chanteux | M.Sc. Degree – Chemical Science | 2020 | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), 2020 Conducting MOFs for Energy Applications |
| Marion Maffre | Research Scientist | 2020-2024 | ANSERS, Belgium |
| Zhao Li | Visiting Ph.D. Student | 2022-2023 | University of Liverpool, PostDoc |
| Yi Li | Visiting Ph.D. Student | 2022-2023 | University of Nottingham, PostDoc |
| Mengyuan Du | PhD Student | 2019-2023 | Senior R&D Engineer, BYD |
| Xiaolong Guo | PhD Student | 2019-2023 | Senior R&D Engineer, BYD |
| Binson Babu | Postdoc | 2022-2023 | Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University |
| Gulshan Kumar | Postdoc | 2021-2023 | Senior Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute |
| Sepideh Behboudikhiavi | Postdoc | 2020-2023 | Senior Battery Researcher, Powall |
| Hewei Xu | PhD Student | 2019-2023 | Lecturer, Taiyuan Institute of Technology |
| Joel Omale | PhD Student | 2018-2022 | ABEE Group |
| Yan Zhang | Visiting Ph.D. student | 2020-2022 | Postdoc, Nankai University |
| Xiaozhe Zhang | Ph.D. student | 2018-2022 | Senior Researcher, Envision AESC, Vhina |
| Alaeddine Lakraychi | Postdoc | 2018-2021 | Postdoc, University of Houston |
| Rico Rupp | Ph.D. student | 2016-2020 | Researcher, IMEC, Belgium |
| Qi Zhu | Ph.D. student | 2016-2020 | Junior Research Assistant, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China |
| Louis Sieuw | Ph.D. student | 2015-2020 | Postdoc, EMPA, Switzerland |
| Deepak Gupta | Postdoc | 2019-2022 | Looking for new opportunities |
| Jiande Wang | Ph.D. student | 2016-2021 | Postdoc, MIT, USA |
| Xuelian Liu | Ph.D. student | 2016-2021 | Postdoc, Tufts University, USA |
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