Dr. Magda Titirici

Biography

Magda Titirici received a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Dortmund in Germany, where she worked under her PhD supervisor who moved from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She joined the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces as a Postdoctoral Fellow and later became a Group Leader, focusing on sustainable carbon materials starting in 2006. In 2013, she received her Habilitation from the University of Potsdam and the Max-Planck Institute. She moved to the UK and became a Reader in Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London, where she was promoted to Full Professor in 2014. Magda joined Imperial College London in January 2019 as a Chair in Sustainable Energy Materials. She has authored approximately 350 articles and has been recognized in the Global Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate Analytics in 2018, alongside publishing 13 book chapters and holding 7 patents. She has received numerous awards including the Rosenhein Medal from IoM3, an Honorary PhD from the University of Stockholm in 2017, and the Corday-Morgen prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2018. Her research focuses on sustainable materials, particularly carbon and carbon hybrids developed through hydrothermal processes, waste recycling, and renewable energy technologies.

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