Alexandar Marinov obtained his master’s degree with a distinction from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL (London) in 2019, with a thesis on the topic of “Novel 2D Materials for Application as Battery Electrodes”.

During the summer of 2018 Alexandar earned a BEAMS summer scholarship in conjunction with Dr. Gyen Ming Angel to study the formation of platinum nanoparticles on MoS₂ nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction catalysis.

In 2024 Alexandar completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Electrochemical Innovation Lab (EIL) at UCL. Under the supervision of Dr. Patrick Cullen, Prof. Chris Howard, and Prof. Alexander Rettie, Alexandar utilised big data electrochemistry and ex situ material characterisation to study the lithiation mechanism of MoS₂ in lithium-ion batteries. As an additional project, Alexander developed an aqueous electrophoretic deposition process for MoS₂.

In November of 2024, Alexandar joined the Cell Design and Manufacturing research group at CIC energiGUNE as a postdoctoral researcher, where he currently works on optimising sodium-ion pouch cell performance and investigation of presodiation strategies for O3-type layered oxide cathodes and hard carbon anodes.

• Lithium-ion Battery Materials
• Sodium-ion Battery Materials
• Presodiation Strategies
• MoS₂ for Energy Applications
• MoS₂ Lithiation Mechanism
• Electrochemical Characterisation Techniques
• In situ, Ex situ, and Operando Material Characterisation Techniques for Batteries
• Big Data Electrochemistry and Material Characterisation Data Analysis

• Chemical Engineering
• Material Science
• Material Characterisation Techniques
• Electrochemistry & Cell Testing
• Custom Cell Design
• Data Analysis (Matlab)
• Material Synthesis
• Electrode Production
• Electrophoretic Deposition

• 2019 – 2024 PhD in Chemical Engineering (UCL)
• 2015 – 2019 Master’s in Chemical Engineering (UCL)
• 2018 BEAMS Summer Studentship