Katrina Morgan-Innes

Katrina Morgan-Innes is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. Her research focuses on advanced flexible materials for energy harvesting and storage, leveraging semiconductor industry fabrication techniques to develop wearable thermoelectric devices and next-generation batteries. She leads the Morgan Materials and Devices for Energy (MADE) research group and a £220k EPSRC New Horizons grant (Smart Cloth). Her work emphasizes commercial scalability and integration of 2D materials with flexible substrates.

Education: MPhys in Physics (University of Sussex, 2011), CASE Award PhD in Electronics and Computer Science (University of Southampton, 2016–2022). Previous roles include Photonics Development Engineer at the AIM Photonics Programme (SUNY) and Visiting Fellow at the Optoelectronics Research Centre.

Research interests include energy harvesters, flexible wearables, 2D materials, and nanofabrication. She has pioneered scalable manufacturing methods for photonic and energy devices and contributed to chalcogenide material applications. Her research group aims to create fully flexible systems enabling integrated sensing, power, and communication on lightweight platforms.

Key grants include EPSRC funding for wearable thermoelectric generators and collaborations like the ChAMP/WAFT-funded projects on flexible ion sensors and 3D nanophotonics. She has published in high-impact journals (e.g., ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, npj 2D Materials and Applications) and conferences, focusing on thermoelectric materials, photonic heterostructures, and scalable manufacturing.

• Awards: UNSW Women in Engineering Visiting Fund (2019), Top 100 Physics Paper (2020), Outreach Engagement Award (2016)
• Labs/Teams: Morgan MADE Group, Collaboration with Optoelectronics Research Centre and Zepler Institute
• Advocacy: Chair of WiSET+ (University-wide STEM+ Equality Committee), founder of Early Career Researcher Forum