Emilie Bekaert

E. Bekaert received the master’s degree in chemistry and the Ph.D. degree in materials science from University Lille I, Villeneuve d’ascq, France, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, she joined the Network of Excellence ALISTORE, Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry. Her research was dedicated to the applications of solid-state NMR to the structural and physicochemical characterization of Li-ion batteries materials. In 2008, she joined the ZSW-Zentrum für Sonnenenergie und Wasserstoff-Forschung, and worked on scaled-up synthesis for industrial partners. Under the supervision of Dr. Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens (ZSW), she joined the Helmholtz Institut Ulm, in 2011. In 2014, she became a Research Line Manager of post mortem at CIC energiGUNE, where her teams focus on the analyses of failure mechanism of electrical energy storage (EES) systems. She is currently a Group Lead of ageing, post mortem and safety with CIC energiGUNE, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Her research interests include safety and lifespan of batteries using invasive and non-invasive technics.