Guest Speaker: Betar M. Gallant
Title: Lithium Metal Anodes in Liquid Electrolytes: Revealing Complex Interplays Between Composition, Properties and Function
Betar M. Gallant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. She obtained her SB, SM, and PhD degrees from the same department, following which she was a Kavli Nanoscience Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech. Her research group at MIT focuses on advanced battery chemistries and materials for high-energy primary and rechargeable batteries, including fluorinated cathode conversion reactions and lithium, sodium, and calcium metal anodes and their interfaces. Her group is also leading research into CO2 capture and its integration with direct electrochemical conversion in the captured state. She is the recipient of multiple awards including an Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Battery Division Early Career Award, an ECS-Toyota Young Investigator Award, the ACS Energy & Fuels Division Glenn Award, the ECS Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award, the MIT Faculty Founders $100k Breakthrough Prize, and the Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching at MIT. Prof. Gallant is the Faculty Director for the MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance and also serves as the Energy Storage flagship lead for the Tata-MIT Alliance.
Agenda, CET
14:00 -14:05 Intro Patrik Johansson
14:05- 14:50 Presentation “Lithium Metal Anodes in Liquid Electrolytes: Revealing Complex Interplays Between Composition, Properties and Function” Betar M. Gallant
14:50- 15:15 Q&A and Summary Patrik Johansson