Stefan A. Freunberger
MSc Vienna University of Technology, 2003
PhD ETH Zurich, 2007
postdoc: University of St Andrews, 2008 – 2012
PI: Graz University of Technology, 2012 – 2020
Assistant Professor: IST Austria, 2020 –
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Stefan Freunberger obtained his PhD in Chemistry from ETH Zürich and was post doc at the University of St Andrews, working on many aspects of Li-O2 chemistry. He has been PI at TU Graz and is since 2020 Assistant Professor at IST Austria, with research interests embracing energy-storage materials, including alkaline-ion and metal-O2 and metal-S batteries, electrolytes, and in situ techniques. His research has been recognized by the Srinivasan Young Investigator Award of The Electrochemical Society, the invited visiting professorship La Chaire Total de la Fondation Balard, elected membership of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Tajima Prize 2018 of the International Society of Electrochemistry, the Krainer Memorial Award 2020 , and an ERC Starting Grant.
Contact Info
Stefan A. FreunbergerInstitute of Science and Technology Austria
Am Campus 1
3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
Tel.: +43 (0) 2243 9000 2169
E-Mail: stefan.freunberger(at)ist.ac.at
Julia Valentin
B.Sc. , TU Wien, Austria, 2023
Julia is working on energy storage with bulk liquid redox materials.
Iryna Stepanenko
M.Sc., Nizhyn State University, Ukraine, 1996
Ph.D., Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine, 2004
Iryna was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of University of Vienna. Her research was focused on the synthesis of anticancer osmium(II, III, IV)azole, organoruthenium/osmium compounds with the biologically active ligands, metal (Cu(II), etc) complexes of thiosemicarbazones. Now her interest lies in energy storage with bulk liquid redox materials.
John R. Hoffman
B.Sc., University of Toledo, USA, 2016
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, USA, 2021
John obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. His research focused on membrane separations and adsorptive materials, studied via the modification of porous polymeric materials through rapid functionalization reactions. His work at ISTA utilizes these skills to examine contact electrification of ionomer films to further understand the fundamental phenomena behind the triboelectric effect.
Rajesh B. Jethwa
M.Sc, University of Cambridge, UK, 2017
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, UK, 2022
Rajesh obtained his MSc and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge where his doctoral thesis focused on the investigation of quinoidal compounds for use as redox flow battery electrolytes. His interests lie in organic redox active materials for battery materials.
Soumyadip Mondal
M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, India, 2020
Soumyadip’s research is focused on charge transfer mechanisms in redox materials.
Bhargavi Pant
M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, 2020
Bhargavi’s research is focused on the Study of oxygen electrochemistry involved in Li-air and Li-rich transition metal layered materials.
Angelina Castro Trujillo
M.Sc. in Materials science (MESC + Erasmus Mundus programm), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France, 2022
Angelina is working on energy storage with bulk liquid redox materials.
Aureline Callard
Aureline joins as a MSc student for her final year internship. During her studies at l’Ecole Europenne de Chimie des Polymeres et Materiaux (ECPM), she gained expertise in functionalised materials, nanomaterials and the application of artificial intelligence for chemistry-related problems. Her research focuses on using AI to enhance our understanding of Li/S batteries.
Samarpita Chanda
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, University of Delhi, 2022
Samarpita is currently pursuing Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's degree in Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion (MESC+). Her internship focuses on understanding the electrochemistry of sulphur in lithium-sulphur batteries.
Saad Ali
B.Sc., Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, 2019
Saad obtained his bachelor’s degree in materials science and doing master’s in electrochemistry. Currently, he is undertaking a summer internship at ISTA, where his research focuses on analyzing the concentration profiles of various polysulfide intermediate compounds during operation using in-situ techniques.
Xintian Wang
B.Sc., University of Oxford, UK, 2024
Xintian obtained her Bachelor's degree and will continue her Master's studies in Chemistry at Oxford. Her research focuses on identifying polysulfide intermediates and the sulfur reduction mechanism in Li/S batteries.
Clothilde Doucet – Intern spring 2024 (now ESPCI-Paris PSL, France)
Sven Jovanović – visiting postdoc spring 2024 (now Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
Florian Ortis – Intern winter 2023 (now Pieber lab, IST Austria)
Fernando Nodal – Intern winter 2023 (now Klajn lab, IST Austria)
Agathe Billon – Intern summer 2023 (now Mines ParisTech, France)
Ethan Olivier – Intern summer 2023 (now Columbia University, USA)
Fernando Solorio Soto – Intern summer 2023 (now University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Aiswarya Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil – Intern winter 2022 (now Ibáñez Lab, IST Austria)
Sai Pranav Vanam – Intern autumn/winter 2022 (now Exide Energy Solutions, India)
Stefan Stadlbauer – postdoc (now Protovation company, Austria)
Thi Khanh Huyen Nguyen – Intern summer 2022 (now University of Texas, USA)
Hannah Okesade – Intern summer 2022 (now Imperial College London, Great Britain)
Maciej Ejsmont – Intern summer 2022 (now Tesla company, Germany)
Jonathan Demaimay – Intern summer 2022 (now CIMAP, France)
Emmanuel Onyeka Ezeoba – Intern
Mariarosaria Tuccillo – visiting Ph.D. student summer 2022 (now Sapienza University, Rome)
Zahid Manzoor Bhat – Ph.D.,postdoc
Lorena Layana – Intern (now Vicoso lab, IST Austria)
Martin Napetschnig – Intern (now TU Graz)
Konstantin Weber – Intern (now ETH Zürich)
Christine Fiedler – Intern (now Ibáñez Lab, IST Austria)
Seungho Lee – Intern (now Ibáñez Lab, IST Austria)
Christian Prehal – postdoc (now Marie Curie Fellow, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Yann Petit – Ph.D. (now CEA, France)
Aleksej Samojlov – Ph.D.
Eléonore Mourad – postdoc (now A.T.E.R. University of Bordeaux, France)
Daniel Mijailovic – Ph.D. (now University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Christian Leypold – Ph.D., postdoc
Alen Vizintin – postdoc (now National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Nika Mahne – Ph.D. (now austria micro systems)
Lukas Schafzahl – M.Sc. & Ph.D. (now austria micro systems)
Bettina Schafzahl – Ph.D. (now austria micro systems)
Anjana Raj – M.Sc. (now IISER Pune, India)
Anita Leitgeb – postdoc (now Mayer-Melnhof)
Sandra Grumm – M.Sc. (now austria micro systems)
Tobias Mueller – M.Sc. (now austria micro systems)