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Dr Milon Miah
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher

List of current doctoral researchers and their research topics in alphabetical order by surname.

Recep Akdeniz
(2019-2023). Production and characterisation of micro-tubular solid oxide fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Alwani Algaddafi
(2019-2023). Development of a portable fuel cell device as an APU system for heavy duty vehicles or power supply for portable applications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Laura Allerston
(2014-2020). Applied and fundamental understanding of novel non platinum fuel cell catalysts in collaboration with Amalyst. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Eridei Amakiri
(2014-2020). Coupling of a solid oxide fuel cell exhaust with a vapour absorption refrigeration system: modelling and experimental investigation. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Irving Annan
(2017-2021). High temperature electrolysis by reversing the function of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Liam Cooper
(2017-2022). Coating materials for bipolar plates in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Rhiannon Dixon
(2016-2021). Investigating the use of noval dopants for SOFC anodes to improve tolerances to sulfur and carbon. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Sam Eadley
(2016-2021). Optimisation of conditions and material properties to maximise the efficiency of interface ion exchange within polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Oliver Fernihough
(2016-2021). Ccm's (catalyst coated membranes) with textured membranes and stack development. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Elok Fidiani
(2016-2020). AgPt-based NWs electrode for fuel cell applications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Christopher Harrison
(2017-2022). Material performance of hydrogen fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Ruba Hendi
(2017-2021). Processing and characterisation of novel self-assembled heterocatalysts. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Oujen Hodjati-Pugh
(2015-2020). 3D Multiphysics modelling and experimental validation of microtubular solid oxide fuel stacks with novel interconnection. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

A Hye
(2018-2023). Low and high temperature fuel cell system integration to electric vehicles. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Ahmed Ibrahim
(2017-2022). Testing filler materials within membranes of an intermediate temperature fuel cell. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Zeyu Jiang
(2019-2023). Hydrogen and fuel cell research in SOFC. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Naseruddin Khan
(2017-2022). Zero-emission energy cycle through fuel cell hybrid vehicles with efficient energy storage system applications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Yang Li
(2019-2023). Aligned Pd-based nanowire electrodes for direct formic acid fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham

Kazeem Mohammed
(2019-2023). Integrating SOFC-based power plant with SOE, methanation reactor and MCFC for CO2 capture. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

William Ndifuna
(2019-2024). De-carbonising cooking applicances. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Abiola Oladeji
(2018-2023). Developing New Catalysts. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Osaze Omoregbe
(2019-2023). Catalysis. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Melissa Oum
(2015-2020). Modelling microstructural and chemical degradation of protective coatings for SOFC interconnects. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Bhargav Pandya
(2018-2022). Coupling exhaust heat from a fuel cell to a cooling device. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Pushpa Patel
(2018-2023). Evaluation of the effect of proton exchange membrane fuel cell nanocatalysts on membrane proteins. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Marco Pignataro
(2018-2023). Phase change materials based emulsions for thermal management applications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Hal Robbs
(2013-2020). Research into PEMFC catalysts. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Beatrice Sampson
(2016-2021). The added value of hydrogen and fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Abubakr Siddiq
(2018-2023). Novel electrode materials for proton conducting ceramic electrolysers. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Abigail Snowdon
(2017-2022). Optimising reversible solid oxide fuel cells (rSOC) to reduce degradation during methane-assisted co-electrolysis. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Samuel Sogbesan
(2018-2023) Turning hydrogen into transport fuels. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Alan Stephen
(2015-2020). R. sphaeroides for biohydrogen production and fuel cell catalysts. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

James Walker
(2014-2020). Investigation of binary and ternary catalysts to create low-cost, high performance electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University.

Yichang Yan
(2019-2023). One-atom thick N-doped graphene modified polymer electrolyte membrane with aligned nanowire electrodes for direct alcohol fuel cells. Doctoral dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Athanasios Tzevelekakis
(2017-2020). Metal based gas diffusion layers (GDLs) for IT-PEMFC (intermediate polymer fuel cells). MRes dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Dominik Richter
(2019-2021). Rolling out an HRS infrastructure to the UK. MRes dissertation, University of Birmingham.

Scholars currently visiting the Birmingham Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research:

• Professor Li Dai

  Visiting Professor from Harbin University of Science and Technology

• Professor Kenji Miyatake

• Taegyu Park

• Dr Liang Xu (Research Fellow)