Louis Piper

Louis Piper is the Professor of Battery Innovation and Head of the Battery Materials and Cells group at WMG, University of Warwick, which includes the battery pilot line facility. He co-leads the Degradation projects, which focus on developing next generation cathode chemistries and understanding how to improve capacity retention in state-of-art Ni-rich, phosphate and anode-less cells, respectively. He has published ~ 200 publications and has various projects with industry partners and government agencies.

Louis completed his PhD in surface physics at Warwick University (2006) before moving to the USA. He was an Associate Research Professor for Boston University and the beamline contact scientist at the NSLS (X1B beamline) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2006-2010). He later joined the physics faculty at State University of New York, Binghamton (Assistant Professor to Full Professor, 2010-2020) and became the Director of the Material Science & Engineering program. His research area is at the interface between physics, chemistry, and engineering, and typically involve employing new capabilities to solve long-standing problems in materials science.

Since joining WMG in the autumn of 2020, his research has focused on employing novel methods for studying real-format batteries to improve performance by connecting new materials, pilot line cell manufacturing and advanced characterization (e.g., operando X-ray methods). He has a variety of active industry projects at various stages of battery supply chain and operation.