Sébastien Sallard graduated his PhD in Chemistry from the ENS-Cachan (France) in 2004. He was successively a post-doctoral fellow in the MPI-KG Germany) and JLU-Giessen (Germany) and a senior scientist in PSI (Switzerland) and VITO (Belgium). His main research activities focused on the development of cathodic materials for lithium ion and lithium–sulfur batteries, and he was the manager of four PhD theses. He joined IAV France in 2023 as a Senior Engineer in the Battery and Safety Team.
Oliver Nolte graduated with his M.Sc. in Chemistry from FSU Jena (Germany) in 2017 and researched battery electrochemical stationary storage applications during his PhD time. In 2023, he joined IAV as a Scientific Engineer, with a focus on chemical and electrochemical engineering of electrochemical energy storage systems.
Lorenz von Roemer joined IAV as an R&D Engineer after completing his studies in physical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and Ecole Centrale de Lyon. He has over 7 years of experience in the development of powertrain concepts. He specializes in CFD simulations of combustion processes with alternative fuels as well as the characterization of thermal runaway and thermal propagation in electrochemical energy storage systems in 3D.
Brahim Soltani graduated as an electrical and industrial computing engineer from ENSEEIHT (France in 2007, he started his career as a BMS validation engineer at Dow Kokam and then became a Battery System Software Leader. In 2014, he joined IAV France where he worked on multiple prototypes and series battery development projects, occupying various roles ranging from Development Engineer to Project Manager and now as Battery and Safety Team Leader. He has been working on battery-related topics for over 16 years.
After completing his PhD at the University of Stuttgart, Alexander Fandakov joined IAV’s research and technology department in 2018. Today, as a part of the battery and e-traction research and technology team he is focusing on the development of battery system concepts employing novel technologies and cell chemistries, as well as on establishing model-based methodologies enabling a fast and cost-efficient concept definition and optimization.
During his already more than two decades with IAV, Karsten Mueller has collected exhaustive experience as a developer and manager. He holds a degree in Systems Theory and has been responsible in different positions along the whole bandwidth of electrics and electronics applications in the automotive environment since 2008. His stations also comprise management positions at IAV China and IAV India. Since 2022, Karsten has been Senior Vice President of E-Traction Systems with a strong focus on battery development.
Maria Kalogirou studied mechanical engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She concluded her Ph.D. there in 2009. From 2010 until 2013, Maria worked as a project manager at Exothermia SA, a software development company specializing in the modeling of physical-chemical processes with a focus on exhaust aftertreatment components. She moved to Germany and joined IAV in 2013, initially working as a project engineer before transitioning to a team leader role. Her focus has been on applying experimental and virtual methods to gain a deep understanding of physical and chemical processes. More importantly, Maria and her team explored how these processes can be utilized to optimize real-world applications, specifically in the case of batteries. In 2023, she advanced to a department manager role. Now, Maria is leading the Cell, Module and Battery Solutions department at IAV.
Marc Sens has studied Mechanical Engineering in Berlin and Coventry (UK). For 25 years Marc has spent most of his career working in the advanced development field. In the beginning, his focus was the internal combustion engine. Around 5 years ago, his focus changed and he moved to IAV in charge of the Research & Technology organisation, focusing on energy systems and transport sector-related innovation concepts.
