Sahar received her BSc degree from BKATU University in 2015, and MSc degree from University of Isfahan University in 2018 with focus on fracture mechanics of two-phase electrode in lithium batteries. Since 2018 she is a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering program, University of Isfahan. At the beginning of her PhD, she has been working on various aspects of micromechanics of energy storage materials, including modelling dislocation formation in Li-ion battery materials. Her research has also been directed toward modelling interaction between a solute atmosphere and material defects such as voids and cracks using Monte Carlo simulations. Since November 2021, she joined the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale (DIMI) at Universitˆ degli Studi di Brescia as a visiting researcher with focus on dendrite growth into solid-state lithium battery electrolytes.
Mattia obtained his bachelor's and Master's degree at the University of Brescia in Civil Engineering in 2013 and 2017, respectively. At the end of 2017, he started his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Brescia. During the doctorate, he focused on studying and modeling the angiogenic stimulus at the cellular level. Specifically, he examined how the mechanical behavior of the endothelial cells affects the dynamics of specific transmembrane proteins (VEGFR2 and integrin) on the cell membrane of these types of cells. Moreover, from January to March 2020 he was abroad at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Vikram Deshpande where he studied the competition between haptotaxis and durotaxis on further kinds of cells called a fibroblast. Such an experience, prematurely interrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic, has been financed by means of a scholarship provided by the Guido Berlucchi Foundation (Young Researchers Mobility Programme) wons in June of 2019. At the beginning of 2021, he achieved a fellowship on the project "Mechano-biology of cell motility during tumor metastasis". He is currently a postdoctoral researcher of the University of Brescia, on the project "Effect of R1032Q substitution on biological activity and membrane dynamics of VEGFR2".
Tanmay Dev
Tanmay completed his Master Degree in Process Engineering and Energy Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven. He has experience of working with aluminum anodizing and zinc-ion battery. Currently his research area is in the Multiphysics and Multiscale modelling of Li-ion battery and investigation and characterization of thicker functionalized electrode, particularly diffusion, intercalation of Li into the electrodes and resultant mechanical stress on active particles.