Jeff Dahn

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Jeff Dahn
Born (1957-01-09) January 9, 1957 (age 67) [2]
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater
Known forLi-ion battery, NMC chemistry
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Websitewww.dal.ca/diff/dahn.html

Jeff Dahn

lithium-ion batteries, his most important discovery was intercalation of Li+ ions into graphite from solvents comprising ethylene carbonate
,
John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino.[4]

Education

Dahn obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from Dalhousie University in 1978 and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1982.

Career

Following his PhD, Dahn did research at the

E-One Moli Energy until 1990. At that time, he took up a faculty position in the Physics Department at Simon Fraser University. Six years later, in 1996, Dahn returned to Dalhousie University
as a professor in the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science and began to focus his research on lithium-ion batteries.

From the time that he started doing research, Dahn has worked closely with industry. During his years at

Tesla Motors, in order to improve the energy density and lifetime of lithium-ion batteries, along with reducing their cost.[5][6] In 2021, Dahn and his team at Dalhousie University extended its research contract with Tesla for 5 years. Also in 2021, Dahn was named Chief Scientific Advisor to Novonix, an Australian-based battery materials and technology company.[7] Effective June 15, 2023 Jeff Dahn is on the Scientific Advisory Board for Metamaterials, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMAT)(FSE:MMAT)[8]

Awards and honors

Dahn has received numerous awards including: International Battery Materials Association (IBA) Research Award (1995); Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists (1996); ECS Battery Division Research Award (1996); Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2001); Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2009) from the Canadian Association of Physicists, The Rio-Tinto Alcan Award from the Canadian Institute of Chemistry (2010), the ECS Battery Division Technology Award (2011) the Yeager award from the International Battery Materials Association (2016), the Inaugural Governor General's Innovation Award (2016)[1] and the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (2017).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Dal battery researcher Jeff Dahn honoured with inaugural Governor General's Innovation Award, dal.ca Dalhousie University battery researcher Jeff Dahn wins award, cbc.ca 2016 Governor General’s Innovation Awards Winners, gg.ca
  2. ^ Jeff Dahn CV, Dalhousie University
  3. doi:10.1149/1.2086855
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  4. ^ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/summary/
  5. ^ "Lithium-Ion Battery Expert Jeff Dahn About To Start At Tesla Motors". CleanTechnica. 30 May 2016.
  6. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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  7. ^ Schmidt, Bridie (January 19, 2021). "Battery scientist Jeff Dahn extends Tesla contract, forges new role with Novonix". The Driven. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "WORLD RENOWNED BATTERY EXPERT, PROFESSOR JEFF DAHN JOINS META MATERIALS' SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD". Metamaterials, Inc. June 12, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Halifax professor wins Canada's top science prize for battery research". Global News. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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