Dr Robert House is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. Following a first degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, Robert completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford, focused on cathode materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries.
In 2021, he was awarded an independent research fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering to establish his own research group which focuses on understanding the structural and electrochemical properties of materials for energy storage. In his work, he employs a wide range of tools including spectroscopy, diffraction, synthetic techniques, and other advanced materials characterisation methods. He has also collaborated with several internationally recognised companies in the battery industry.
Since 2021, Robert has been leading Royce’s Inert Sample Preparation and Characterisation Technology Platform at the University of Oxford.
In 2023, Robert was listed amongst Europe’s top scientists and innovators in Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 list.
