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Richard Dawson is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Lancaster University's School of Engineering and serves as the Technical Director of LiNa Energy Ltd., a sodium metal chloride battery company. His career bridges academia and industry, focusing on electrochemical engineering for energy conversion technologies and resource efficiency.
- Education: Girton College Cambridge (Mechanical Engineering), Imperial College London (PhD in Chemical Engineering)
- Research Interests: Fuel cells, batteries, electrochemical recovery processes, and reactor design
- Professional Roles: Senior Lecturer, CTO, R&D scientist
Richard's research emphasizes electrochemical engineering applied to energy storage and sustainable technologies, with recent work on terahertz spectroscopy for battery electrolyte analysis. His projects span collaborations with industry leaders like Johnson Matthey, Ceres Power, and AFC Energy, alongside funding from EPSRC, Innovate UK, and BEIS.
His scientific accolades include the Dudley Newitt Prize for Experimental Excellence and Harold V Disney Prize. Dawson has also held leadership roles in teaching, directing the MSc in Safety Engineering and undergraduate teaching at Lancaster.
- Batteries and Fuel Cell Innovation
- Electrochemical Process Optimization
- Academic-Industry Partnerships
