Professor Anthony Kucernak

Research Staff

  • Jack Dawson

    Personal details

    Jack Dawson Technical Electrochemistry Laboratory Manager

    Research themes

    - High Surface Area Carbon Materials
    - Electrocatalysis
    - Hybrid Redox Flow Batteries
    - (PEM) Fuel Cells

  • Mengjun Gong

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    Mengjun Gong Research Associate

    Research themes

    - Li-S Batteries
    - Non-precious Electrocatalysts
    - (PEM) Fuel Cells

PhD Students

YuChen Sun

YuChen Sun
High Performance Hydrogen-Manganese Hybrid Redox Flow Battery

Karl-Ander Kasuk

Karl-Ander Kasuk
(External: University of Tartu) Alkaline Floating Electrode System

Michalis Metaxas

Michalis Metaxas
Electrochemical Upgrading of Pyrolysis Oil

Tingting Mo

Tingting Mo
In-situ H₂O₂ Detection During ORR/OER Using the Gas-Accessible Membrane Electrode

Junxi Liu

Junxi Liu
(Co-sup: Prof. G. Britovsek) Electrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide

Yunchu Sun

Yunchu Sun
Investigation into the Degradation of Non-precious Electrocatalysts at the PEMFC Cathode

Alvia Mohammad Yousuf

Alvia Mohammad Yousuf
Characterisation of Low Loading Electrode Performance for Hydrogen Technologies

Kim Whiting

Kim Whiting
In Situ Detection and Quantification of Hydrogen Peroxide in PEM Fuel Cells & Electrolysers

Sofia Bautista Aviles

Sofia Bautista Aviles
Electrochemical Detection of Pt Nanoparticle Locations on Carbon Supports

Project Students

Bosen Huang

Bosen Huang
BSc: Development of Non-PGM Recombination Catalysts for AEMWEs

Gaby Goodchild-Shave

Gaby Goodchild-Shave
MSci: Advanced Fuel Cell Testing

Joe Song

Joe Song
MSci: Electrodes for the Operando XPS/NEXAFS Study of Ir-Ru Oxide OER Catalysts

Olivia Zhang

Olivia Zhang
MSci: Development of OER Catalysts for Bipolar Membrane Water Electrolysers

Project Students (MRes)

Visiting Researchers

Dr Zhenyu Shi

Dr Zhenyu Shi
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) - Floating Electrode, Water Electrolysis, (PEM) Fuel Cells

Former Group Members

Research Associates

- Dr Xiaoqian (Lyra) Lin 2023-2024
   
- Dr Colleen Jackson 2018-2023
    (Now at Johnson Matthey, UK)
- Dr Andrés Parra Puerto 2016-2022
    (Now at the University of Alicante, ES)
- Dr Asad Mehmood 2018-2021
    (Now at BAM, Berlin, DE)
- Dr Guohui Zhang 2017-2021
    (Now at DICP, Dalian, CN)
- Dr Javier Rubio Garcia 2014-2020
    (Now at the University of Cambridge, UK)
- Dr Daniel Malko 2016-2018
    (Now at BASF, DE)
- Dr Kieran Fahy 2014-2018
    (Now at Cummins Inc, CA)
- Dr Matthew Markiewicz 2011-2017
    (Now at Ballard Power Systems, Vancouver, CA)
- Dr Jacek Lapinski 2013-2017
    (Now at Bramble Energy, Crawley, UK)
- Dr Tiziana Denaro 2016-2017
    (Now at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
- Dr Christos Kalyvas 2010-2015
    (Now at the University of Hertfordshire, UK)
- Dr Thiago Lopes 2012-2014
    (Now at the University of Sao Paolo, BR)
- Dr Biraj Kumar Kakati 2012-2014
    (Now at Tezpur University, IN)
- Dr Venkat Narayanan 2012-2014
   
- Dr Manos Simianakis 2011-2013
   
- Dr Mayur Mistry 2011-2013
   
- Dr Denis Kramer 2010-2011
   
- Dr Fabrice Bidault 2010-2011
   

Research Technicians

- Martin Kaiser 2016-2018

PhD Students

- Dr Christopher Cannon 2021-2025
- Dr Mengjun Gong 2019-2023
- Dr Xiaoqian (Lyra) Lin 2017-2023
- Dr Jun Wu 2017-2022
- Dr Ben Simon 2018-2022
- Dr Muhang Xiao 2017-2022
- Mark Clapp 2021-2022
- Maxime Bedouet 2014-2019
- Dr Daniel Malko 2013-2016
- Dr Graham Smith 2012-2015
- Dr Chris Zalits 2011-2013
- Dr Ehsan Ahmad 2008-2013*
- Honglin Xu 2010-2013*
- Cynthia Attingre 2009-2012
- Dr Nico Cousens 2009-2012
- Dr Chris Zalits 2008-2011
- Dr Fabrice Bidault 2010-2011
- Dr Alice Sleightholme 2003-2007
- Dr Gregory Offer 2003-2006
- Dr Patrick Hayes 2001-2006
- Dr Sameera Darr 1996-2006
- Dr Alan Palmer 1997-2004
- Dr Nikos Vasileiadis 1999-2004
- Dr Clare Green 1998-2002
- Dr Carlos Mongay-Batalla 1997-2003
- Dr Richard Brown 1997-2001
- Dr Alec Thompson 1997-2001

* indicates a jointly supervised student

Visiting Researchers

- Jens Eller [PSI] 2018
- Rakel Wreland Lindström [KTH] 2017
- Hiroshi Idenm [Nissan] 2011-2013
- Eishiro Toyoda [Toyota] 2007-2008

Previous Students

Project Students

2025-2026:
- Aleks Bukhvostov* [MRes]
- Zhuoqun Yang* [MRes]
- Nnenna Agbai [MSci]
- Qi Shen [MSci]
- Tom Jackson [MSci]
- Chris Zhang [BSc]

2024-2025:
- Xuhui Wang [MRes]
- Jiaxu LI [MRes]
- Rhaínna McEntee* [MRes]
- Anqiao Tang* [MRes]
- Alessandro Difilippo [MSci]
- Bayan Alsaie [MSci]
- Victoria Dong [MSci]
- Yixin Zhang [MSci]
- Paul Antlitz [MSci]

2023-2024:
- Yangzhe Xu [MRes]
- Jiazheng Lu [MRes]
- Fidaus Abubakar* [MRes]
- Haiyi Wang [MSci]
- Chenrui Zhu [MSci]
- Nita Srinivasan [MSci]
- Yunchu Sun [MSci]

2022-2023:
- Junxi Liu* [MRes]
- Michalis Metaxas [MRes]
- Haoyu Zhang [MRes]
- Xinyi Wu [MSci]
- Tingting Mo [MSci]
- Clara Tillous Oliva [BSc]

2021-2022:
- Ruogu Li* [MRes]
- Ziteng Guo* [MRes]
- Frederick Bloomfield [MRes]
- YuChen Sun [MRes]
- Taiwo Lawal [MSci]
- Karl-Ander Kasuk [MSci]

2020-2021:
- Wuyi Zhang [MRes]
- Sofian Jasrai [MRes]
- Zhixu (Derek) Zhu [MRes]
- Christopher Cannon [MRes]
- Yan Hoi (Duncan) Lee* [MRes]
- Panayiotis Salatas [MSci]
- Mingyu Xia [MSci]

2019-2020:
- Qian Zhang [MRes]
- Ellie Gomes-Callus [MRes]
- Junxi Peng [MSci]
- Wang (Huey) Chan [MRes]
- Qirui Zhu [BSc]

2018-2019:
- Youxin Cui [MRes]
- Junyi Cui [MRes]
- Luisa Giannitelli [MRes]
- Valeria de Velasco Bermudez [MRes]
- Mengjun Gong [MRes]
- Ahmed Masood [BSc]
- Lucas Balzat [Erasmus]

2017-2018:
- Yiming Han [MRes]
- Rutao Liu [MRes]
- Shuang Wu [MRes]
- Alan Mamand [MRes]
- Mengjun Gong [BSc]
- Annabelle Tan [BSc]
- Simon Kellner [Erasmus]

2016-2017:
- Kai Ling NG [MRes]
- Madeleine Laitz [MRes]
- Danlei Li [MRes]
- Yanjun Guo [MRes]
- Jun Wu [MRes]
- Xiaoqian (Lyra) Lin [MSci]
- Josh Sucher [MSci]
- Jack Dawson [BSc]

2015-2016:
- Pip Jones [MRes]
- Yihong Xing [MRes]
- Polina Buikevich [MSci]
- Francis Pigott-Plowden [BSc]

2014-2015:
- Zhuo Zheng [MRes]
- Yuchen Tang [MRes]
- Rob Garnett [MSci]
- Alexandra Charleson [MSci]
- Euikon Jeong [BSc]
- Nicolas Bock [Erasmus]

2013-2014:
- Ashkan Kavei [MRes]
- Tabea Junk* [MRes]
- Tiffany Tin [MRes]
- Wenyao (Lucky) Guo [MRes]
- Xinyue (Lana) Liu [MSci]

2012-2013:
- Li (Ellen) Hongge [MSci]
- Matthew Ho [MSci]
- Daniel Malko [Erasmus]
- Raphael Quenard [Visiting]

2011-2012:
- Guanola Aumont [MRes]
- Olivier Huin [MRes]
- Vivat Termglinchan [MSci]
- Chi Iu [BSc]

2010-2011:
- Jonathan Quinson [MSci]
- Gabriella Gentilcore [MSci]

* indicates a jointly supervised student

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Contact Details

Prof. Anthony Kucernak

G22B
Molecular Sciences Research Hub (MSRH)
Imperial College London
White City Campus
London
W12 0BZ
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)20 7594 5831
Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 5804
Email: anthony@imperial.ac.uk