Monica Marinescu

Monica Marinescu is a Reader in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London's Faculty of Engineering. Her research focuses on understanding the physical and chemical processes influencing energy storage devices, particularly lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur batteries, and supercapacitors. She develops electrochemical and physical models to identify degradation mechanisms under real-world conditions, with applications in electric vehicles, space missions, and ultra-cold climates.

Her affiliations include Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Energy Materials, and Mechanics of Materials. She collaborates with Prof. Alexei Kornyshev and has contributed to advancements like the Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Battery and UAV Zephyr projects. Her work emphasizes modeling solvent consumption in SEI layer growth, validation of Li-S battery models, and optimal cell design strategies.

Publications highlight her focus on lithium-ion battery degradation, thermal management, and high-throughput computing methods. She is an editorial board member and has published extensively on topics such as cycle aging analysis, equivalent circuit networks, and degradation mode diagnostics. Her research bridges fundamental electrochemistry with practical engineering solutions for sustainable energy storage systems.