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SuMMa team
SuMMa team
Executive Team
Professor Georgios Dimitrakis
Principal Investigator
Work Package 1 Leader
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham
Member of the George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research group.
Prof Solomon Brown
Work Package 2 Leader
Professor of Process and Energy Systems
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Research Centre Director: CDT Energy Storage
MEE Year in Industry Co-ordinator
Prof Joan Cordiner
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
Head of School, School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering , University of Sheffield
Professor of Process Engineering
University of Sheffield staff profile
Dr Daniel Slocombe
SuMMa Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion & Co-Investigator
Dr Daniel R. Slocombe BEng PhD FHEA is a Reader in the School of Engineering and is Head of the Centre for High Frequency Engineering at Cardiff University. He carries out interdisciplinary research in engineering and chemistry, with a focus upon electromagnetics and materials
Prof Siddharth V Patwardhan
SuMMa IP & Commercialisation lead & Co-investigator
Professor of Sustainable Chemistry and Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield
Head of the Green Nanomaterials Research Group
EPSRC Fellow
Prof Ian Reaney
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering , University of Sheffield
Research Fellows
Dr Enrique Sanchez Perez
Research Fellow
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
Connect with Enrique on LinkedIn (hyperlink)
Enrique obtained a BSc in Chemistry from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2013) and a MSc in Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials from the Université Joseph Fourier (2015). He joined Serena Cussen's group to do his PhD in functional nanomaterials between the Universities of Glasgow and Sheffield (2019). He is a Research Associate in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield, specialising on Li-ion battery materials, with particular expertise in microwave-assisted synthesis of LFP and nickel-rich cathodes and related characterisation techniques. In his spare time he enjoys being in the mountains and reading.
Contact email: e.sanchezperez@sheffield.ac.uk
Research Fellows
Dr. Bhupinder Singh
Research Fellow
University of Nottingham
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Bhupinder is a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research interests are focused on microwave processing, understanding microwave-material interaction, heat treatment, simulation and modelling. He is currently investigating ways to increase cathode production using microwave energy on a larger scale.
Dr Erik Resendiz Mora
Research Fellow
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
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Dr Erik Resendiz Mora graduated at Instituto Politécnico Nacional in 2006 with a BSc in Chemical Engineering and went on to complete a MEng at UNAM in 2010 in Chemical Engineering with focus in Process Engineering. Early in his career he worked for several years in the services sector as a Process Engineer for large EPC firms and later he moved to work in Oil & Gas industry as a consultant, specialising in the Process Simulation area. He moved to the UK in 2017 to pursue a PhD in the University of Leeds with a project focused on the modelling of adsorptive reactors for sustainable production of hydrogen.
Upon completion of his PhD, Dr Erik Resendiz Mora joined the Research & Development department of Aspentech in Mexico City for couple of years, during this time he oversaw the improvement of equation oriented based products like Aspen BatchSep/Aspen Adsorption and contributed to the development of new features for the sustainability offer of Aspen Plus.
He recently joined the Brown Research Group at the University of Sheffield and is collaborating with the SuMMa project conducting research related to the modelling and optimisation of the manufacturing chain of CAM through a flow reactor technology.
Dr Nathan Dodd
Research Fellow
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
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Nathan completed his EngD at the University of Sheffield and has since worked on multiple projects within supply chain operations, looking to develop more cost effective and sustainable solutions. Nathan is also Lean Six Sigma [6S] black belt certified with Additional competencies within data analytics using various computational methods including Python [Pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, Seaborn], SQL, Tableau, Excel, Access, Visio, Discrete Event Simulation & Agent based modelling.
Dr Michael Barter
Research Fellow
Cardiff University
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Dr. Michael Barter received his Ph.D. from Cardiff University in 2019. He is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Centre for High Frequency Engineering at Cardiff University. His research focuses mostly on microwave characterisation of materials. He is also involved in several cross-disciplinary projects linking to neutron and X-ray diffraction, catalysis, and materials.
Michael finished his funded work with SuMMa in April 2025 but will be working with us in collaboration on publications coming out of the project.
Research Fellows
Dr Sam Hefford
Research Fellow
Cardiff University
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Dr Sam Hefford received the BEng (Hons.) degree in Electronic and Communications Engineering and PhD degree in Microwave Engineering from Cardiff University, UK. His research utilises microwave resonant structures and involves the development of measurement and processing techniques for magnetic and dielectric materials. He currently works as a research associate at Cardiff University in the Centre for High-Frequency Engineering.
Sam finished his funded work with SuMMa in January 2025 but will be working with us in collaboration on publications coming out of the project.
PhD students
Cole Purvis
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
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Cole is a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Sheffield, specialising in microwave synthesis of inorganic materials. During his final year of his BEng at the same institution, he researched Ni-rich Li-ion cathode materials
Demei Niu
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
Connect with Demei via LinkedIn (hyperlink)
Demei Niu is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield, focusing on the process chemistry of cathode materials (LFP, LMFP) for lithium-ion batteries during synthesis. Demei got her MSc degree from the University of Nottingham and used to work at the University of East Anglia on the fabrication of graphene-based membranes for water treatment as a researcher student.
Academic Team
Dr Rebecca Boston
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering , University of Sheffield
Senior Lecturer
Lloyds Register Foundation / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
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Professor Serena Cussen
Affiliated Co-Investigator
Full Professor in Materials Chemistry at University College Dublin
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Prof Ian Reaney
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering , University of Sheffield
Prof Ian Reaney
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
Materials Science Engineering, University of Sheffield
Professor Rachael Rothman
Co-investigator, SuMMa
Professor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering,
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
Director of Student Support
Associate Director Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures
Academic Lead for Sustainability
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Prof Jonathan Howse
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
University of Sheffield
Professor of Polymer Engineering
Undergraduate Level 1 Director
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Prof Eleanor Binner
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham staff profile
Dr Jonathan Lees
Co-Investigator, SuMMa
Head of Department, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Cardiff University
Reader
Professor Adrian Porch
Co-investigator, SuMMa
Professor, School of Engineering, Cardiff University
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