Rate My Professor Magda Titirici

Magda Titirici is Professor of Sustainable Energy Materials in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. She obtained her BSc in Chemistry from the University of Bucharest in 1999, PhD in Materials Chemistry from Dortmund Technical University in 2005, and Habilitation from the University of Potsdam in 2013 while affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Her professional career began as Independent Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute from 2006 to 2012. She then moved to Queen Mary University of London as Reader in Materials Science in 2013, advancing to Professor of Energy Materials in 2014, before joining Imperial College London in 2019. Additionally, she serves as International Principal Investigator at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research since 2020 and Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability Distinguished Guest Professor at Stockholm University since 2023.

Professor Titirici's research centers on the design and fundamental understanding of sustainable carbon-based materials for energy storage and conversion technologies, including hydrothermal carbonization of biomass, waste upcycling into battery electrodes and electrocatalysts, and developing alternatives to critical raw materials in renewable energy systems. Her interests encompass flexible supercapacitors from biomass, carbon-based oxygen electrocatalysis, CO2 utilization, and optoelectronic nanocarbons. Author of over 350 peer-reviewed papers, 13 book chapters, one book, and holder of seven patents, she is recognized as a Clarivate Global Highly Cited Researcher annually since 2018. Major honors include the Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Prize in 2018, Kavli Medal and Lecture in 2022, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies Fellowship in 2019, and Griffith and Rosenhain Medals from IOM3. She has held leadership roles such as President of the RSC Materials Chemistry Community Council (2021-2024), Chair of the RSC Publishing Board since 2024, and Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Green Chemistry.