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Mel Loveridge

Associate Professor (Reader)

WMG, University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

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WMG, University of Warwick

WMG, University of Warwick

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Coventry, United Kingdom

WMG is an academic department at the University of Warwick, with internationally recognised expertise and facilities in electrification and battery research and development. Recognized for excellence in research, teaching, innovation, and industry collaboration, WMG serves as a global role model for successful partnerships between academia and the public and private sectors. WMG’s state-of-the art Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) features facilities spanning the entire battery development process. Key areas of expertise include the development of new battery chemistries, manufacturing and engineering processes that are scalable from materials through to cell, system and application, advanced characterisation, systems engineering and control methods to optimise the creation and integration of energy storage technology across many sectors. Our Battery Scale-Up (BSU) facility can produce full-size prototype cells of consolidated and novel battery chemistries accelerating innovation from early-stage concepts to higher technology readiness levels (TRLs).
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About me

Dr Melanie Loveridge is a Reader in Electrochemical Materials at WMG, with over 15 years’ experience within Li-ion battery research, specialising in materials development, advanced characterisation and forensics. She was a specialist in a spin-out company from Imperial College for 6 years. As a former member of The Graphene Flagship, she has spent 5 years developing hybrid anode systems for advanced battery systems.  Dr Loveridge is a lead inventor on several world patent families around anode materials, compositions and structures, with > 40 publications in Q1 journals. Since returning to academia, she has been awarded > £ 6 M in research grants from EPSRC, Energy Superstore Early Career Research award, The Faraday Institution, H2020’s Graphene Flagship and industrial research contracts. She sits on many advisory panels and committees for academia and industry and regularly engages with many outreach activities, including the British Science Festival and technical interviews for Radio 4’s Today Program, Channel 4 and BBC 2, with several media articles published, including The Telegraph.

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