Hi PoreLab/Njord, I'm Pranay.
I work at the intersection of engineering, physics, and materials science to characterize and design energy materials at microscopic scales. I've worked on solid-state batteries (at Oxford) and on fuel cells and electrolyzers (at Toronto). On the characterization side, I develop and apply 3D operando imaging with X-rays and neutrons at the micro- and nano-scale.
At PoreLab/Njord, I will investigate how mixed wettability affects flow patterns in porous materials, and leverage this to design energy materials at the pore scale. I plan to use model 2D systems with controlled wettability patterns to study the fundamental relationships between mixed-wetting parameters and the resulting flow.
More broadly, I'm interested in complex systems, pore-scale material design, large-scale facility characterization (tomography, diffraction), large dataset processing, and computational modelling.
I look forward to meeting and working with the team at PoreLab/Njord!
Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=_jviuGsAAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranay-shrestha-b9447621