Tejs Vegge

Tejs Vegge is a Professor and Head of the Section for Autonomous Materials Discovery (AMD) at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His research focuses on accelerating the discovery of clean energy materials through integrated computational and experimental approaches. Key areas include battery materials, hydrogen/ammonia storage, and electrocatalysts for sustainable fuels. Vegge leads major initiatives like the Pioneer Center CAPeX and the Villum Center V-Sustain, and has received awards such as the August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship and the Ellen and Hans Hermers Award.

His projects include the CAPeX Center (2023–2036) for P2X materials, the DELIGHT project (2021–2024) on green catalysis, and collaborations like Battery2030+. He supervises multiple PhD students in topics like battery electrolytes, autonomous workflows, and machine learning for materials design.

• Research Themes: Autonomous materials discovery, AI-driven experiments, sustainable energy systems
• Key Tools: Density Functional Theory (DFT), high-throughput screening, self-driving labs
• Recent Trends: Focus on strain engineering for ion conductivity, CO₂ reduction catalysts, and quantum computing applications

Publications span over 300 articles, emphasizing interdisciplinary methods like reinforcement learning and Bayesian optimization. Vegge advocates for open-access research infrastructure and has pioneered lab automation frameworks like Finales.