Introducing visiting researcher Dr Kabir O. Oyedotun (left) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research interests lie in the areas of carbon-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors and battery applications, including synthesis and characterisation. At present, Dr Oyedotun’s scientific research group develops new nanostructured carbon materials such as activated carbon, nanotubes, graphene and reduced graphene oxide, and onion-like carbon among others. He works on the hydrothermal synthesis of carbon nanostructures and composites along with applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage devices applications. He has co-authored and authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers in highly rated impact factor journals.

Elizaveta Bejan (right) is undertaking a summer intern project within the Faul Research Group funded by the prestigious Royce Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme before continuing her undergraduate studies on the MSci Chemistry course at the University of Bristol.

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