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My interests are broadly: Solid state and Materials Chemistry Towards the next generation of batteries: Sodium-ion & Potassium-ion batteries Developing better lithium-ion batteries Tuning negative thermal expansion to produce zero thermal expansion materials In situ studies of materials Development of new ionic conductors Structural investigations using neutron and X-ray scatteringOur research approach can be defined as: We chemically tune the atomic arrangement (crystal structure) of solid state materials to enhance their physical properties such as energy storage capacity, ionic conductivity or thermal expansion. We use a combination of techniques to characterise our materials, including but not limited to X-ray and neutron diffraction (at the Australian Synchrotron and ANSTO), solid state NMR, electrochemical and impedance analysis, and electron microscopy. Our goal is to fully characterise materials, place them into real-world devices such as batteries and solid oxide fuel cells, and then characterise how they work in these devices. An introduction to our research can be found here: https://youtu.be/TyM716GbDfAOur research group website: https://www.chemistry.unsw.edu.au/our-research/our-research-groups/solid-state-and-materials-chemistry-group