Mauro Pasta

Mauro Pasta, SOLBAT Project

Prof. Mauro Pasta FRSC is Professor of Applied Electrochemistry in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. He has been leading the SOLBAT project at the Faraday Institution since its inception, initially as Project Leader and from 2023 as Principal Investigator. He has co-founded three battery startup companies: Natron Energy, Cuberg, and Project K. Professor Pasta earned his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Milan, in his native Italy. Prior to joining the University of Oxford’s faculty, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Material Science & Engineering department at Stanford University. Professor Pasta’s research interests lie at the intersection between electrochemistry and materials chemistry to develop novel materials, devices and systems for energy conversion and storage, with expertise in battery chemistries beyond Li-ion.