The German association of professionals and executives in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry (VAA) has awarded this year’s Excellence Award to Dr. Stefan Oswald. At the annual meeting of the VAA in Düsseldorf, Dr. Oswald received this distinction for his doctoral work with Prof. Hubert Gasteiger at the Chair of Technical Electrochemistry on “Elucidating the Degradation Mechanisms of Nickel-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, providing fundamental understanding as well as practical methods and characterization tools for cathode active materials in lithium-ion batteries.
The Excellence Award is given yearly by the VAA trust, honoring outstanding doctoral theses with practical relevance and innovation for the chemical industry – press release.