We are very happy that Robert joined the group as an undergraduate student. He is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in production engineering at University of Bremen. Welcome, Robert!

With his co-authors Carlos D. Díaz-Marín, Lorenzo Masetti, Miles A. Roper, Kezia E. Hector, Yang Zhong, Zhengmao Lu, Omer R. Caylan and Jeffrey C. Grossman, Gustav published a work on “Physics-based prediction of moisture-capture properties of hydrogels” in Nature Communications.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53291-5

We are very happy that Andrea joined the group as a doctoral student. He earned a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. degree in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy), with two international exchanges in INSA Lyon (France) and Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden). He will work on a shared project between Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) and GER on NASICON solid electrolytes and safety for Na-ion batteries.

Maria did a great job in defending her Bachelor's thesis about “Fabrication of thin hydrogel layers and their application as sodium-ion-electrolytes". Congratulations, Maira, for the successful defense, and thank you for your contributions to the lab in the past six months!

Together with Philipp Adelhelm and his team, we organized the 5th Sodium Battery Symposium. We would like to thank all participants, invited speakers, and everyone who helped organize and make SBS5 a success! We are proud to see that the event has grown to more than 300 participants and look forward to the coming years of SBS!