Members

Dr. Filipe Marques Mota

Address:
Office: JBL 2W07
Joseph Banks Laboratories,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Lincoln,
LN6 7TS United Kingdom
Email:
FMarquesMota@lincoln.ac.uk

Office Hours:
Monday 4.00-6.00 pm 

Dr. Marques Mota is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences, MSc Programme Lead, and the PI for the Energy Transition & Nanomaterials Research Group in Lincoln.

Education
Ph.D. in Bioscience Engineering, K.U. Leuven, Belgium [2013]                                                          
Integrated M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Técnico Lisbon – University of Lisbon, Portugal [2009]

Professional Experience
Deputy Programme Lead of BSc Chemistry/MChem, UoL, UK [2025 – Present] 
Programme Lead of MSc Energy Materials and Battery Science, UoL, UK [2024 – Present]      
Senior Lecturer / Lecturer, University of Lincoln, UK [2023 – Present]                                           
Research Professor, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea [2016 – 2022]                                                   
Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Republic of Korea [2013 – 2015]
Research Assistant, IFP Energies nouvelles, France [2009 – 2013]                                                                       

Teaching Responsibilities (2024/2025)
Module Leader for CHM9016 and CHM9018
CHM2002, CHM2005, CHM9004

Awards and Recognitions
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Advance HE (2023)
MRSC, The Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
Research Fellow, National Research Foundation of Korea (2017)

Web of Science Researcher ID: A-9986-2017
ORCID: 0000-0002-0928-3583
Staff webpage: Link

Current Members

Melanie
Randall-Evans
PhD Student

Co-supervision between UoL and UCL
Research focus:
Zn-ion and metal-air batteries

Sushma
Panuganti
PhD Student

Co-supervised by Dr Souvik Roy (UoL)
Research focus:
Ca-ion batteries

Elspeth
Allen
PhD Student

Co-supervised by Dr Julien Ramier (Schlumberger)
Research focus:
Metal-sulphur batteries

Hanzla
Jameel
MSc Student

Research focus:
Ca-ion batteries

Ben
Woolford
MChem Student

Research focus:
Ca-ion batteries

Fraser
Mitchell
MChem Student

Research focus:
Li-S batteries

Jack
Hall
MChem Student

Research focus:
Ca-ion batteries

Previous Members

– William Lorenz (MChem), Gabriel Bechtle (MChem)
– Zeinab Maklavani (MSc)
– Olivia Jobes (MChem)

Photos

While pursuing her PhD, Sushma has just been awarded her FHEA status by Advance HE,
September 2025
Elspeth presenting her work at SLB Cambridge Academia Collaboration Week,
September 2025
And some resting time…! (Elspeth and Sushma),
July 2025
Visiting Ewha Womans University in Seoul,
July 2025
Sushma with Professor Dae-Hyun Nam’s Students (Korea University),
July 2025
A warm welcome at Liverpool; Visiting Professor Laurence Hardwick’s Group,
June 2025
With Kyunghee and Professor Dong Ha Kim,
June 2025
Melanie delivering a talk at Keele on Zn-ion batteries,
June 2025
Filipe delivering a talk at RAMS2025 at UCL,
June 2025
Elspeth during her poster presentation at ICSCNZ,
June 2025
Sushma during her poster presentation at ICSCNZ,
June 2025
Melanie delivering a flash presentation at the ICSCNZ,
June 2025
Zeinab completed her MSc in Energy Materials and Battery Science. Congratulations!,
May 2025
Exciting news ahead in the field of metal-air (cf. News),
April 2025
At the 6th Battery and Energy Storage Conference,
December 2024
Visiting SLB with Elspeth and Ava (MChem Intern),
November 2024
Elspeth, Melanie, and Sushma at the DoC PGR Showcase,
November 2024
DSTL visit to Lincoln,
November 2024
MPhil transfer completed! Congrats Sushma,
October 2024
Team with the new glovebox,
September 2024
Melanie and Sushma presenting their Ca-ion work at Electrochem2024,
September 2024
Jack, Olly, and Ava presenting their CHM3006 posters,
May 2024
Visiting PNML in Korea. Thanks for welcoming me again,
April 2024
Mel and Sushma installing our new Metrohm potentiostat,
January 2024
With Kyunghee and Haeun (PNML members) at the 244th ECS Meeting,
October 2023
Filipe presenting at the 244th ECS Meeting,
October 2023