michael.pope@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext. 30153
Location: Quantum Nano Centre 5606
Biography
Prof. Pope is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering who began his research program at Waterloo in September 2014. He obtained his PhD from Princeton University where he studied the production and processing of graphene-based materials into advanced batteries and supercapacitors. During his post-doctoral work at Vorbeck Materials Corp., a large-scale graphene producer, he was the technical lead on a developmental program to commercialize Li-S batteries, he built and operated a pilot-scale fiber spinning line for producing high strength graphene-filled polyesters and contributed to Vorbeck’s graphene ink development. His group is currently focused on developing nanocomposites from a variety of 2D materials for applications ranging from energy storage and electrocatalysis to water purification.
Research
Our group is developing new materials and bottom-up processing strategies to fabricate improved, typically nanocomposite, device components in order to advance technologies in areas such as electrochemical energy storage, energy generation, sensing and separations. We use methods in interfacial engineering to direct the assembly of nanocomposites from a variety of nanomaterial building blocks and molecular precursors such as polymers, surfactants and ionic liquids.
Please see Michael Pope's Google Scholar profile for a current list of his peer-reviewed articles.