Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Robert House is a materials chemist working on next generation rechargeable battery technologies. His research focuses on new materials for lithium-ion, sodium-ion and beyond Li batteries and understanding the fundamental charge storage mechanisms and structural transformations which determine cell performance.
Dr House is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. In 2021, he was awarded an independent research fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering to work on developing lower cost, more sustainable alternatives to the Li-ion battery. Before this he was a Faraday Institution Research Fellow working on the CATMAT project researching high energy density cathode materials for next generation Li-ion batteries.
He has a first degree in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge and completed his DPhil in 2020 at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof Sir Peter Bruce. In 2023, Dr House was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Science & Healthcare professionals in Europe.
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