Area of specialisation Inorganic materials chemistry Research interests Pioneering new-material research in the field of functional oxide materials for the next-generation energy and nanotechnologies, comprising material categories such as high-Tc superconductors, thermoelectrics, multiferroics, halfmetals for spintronics, electrode materials for fuel cells and batteries, matrices for oxygen storage, etc. Currently the research focus covers also nanocomposite materials where inorganics are combined down to molecular-level precision with e.g. organic molecules, polymers, biomaterials, nanotubes and graphene sheets for novel thin-film structures and 3D architectures. The practical work comprises design, synthesis, modelling and characterization efforts. To extend the frontier of new-material research unique/ extreme synthesis approaches, such as ultra-high-pressure, Chimie Douce and ALD/MLD techniques, are employed.