Professor Nazar is an internationally recognized leader in the development of electrochemical energy storage devices and materials. Her team synthesizes new materials, determines their structures and investigates their electrochemical properties. In particular, she is interested in ion and electron transport in materials as these properties are central to solid state electrochemistry and energy storage batteries.
During her distinguished career, to date Nazar has published more than 265 publications, which have been cited more than 58,000 times. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society in both the UK and Canada.
Her many international awards include the Material Research Society (MRS) Medal, the Canadian Institute of Canada (CIC) Medal, the Battery Research Award from the Electrochemical Society, the August-Wilhem von Hofmann Lectureship (Germany Chemical Society), the International Battery Association award and the International Automotive Lithium Battery award. She has been named to the Web of Science’s Highly Cited Researcher Lists for both Chemistry and Materials from 2014 to 2021, and has been a member of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (USA) since 2013.
Her latest research, published this month in Nature Energy, features a new lithium metal halide solid-state electrolyte. Its excellent conductivity properties meant that Nazar’s team could use this electrolyte to create an all-solid state battery with long cycle life that can operate at high voltages up to 4.8 V.
In addition to an award ceremony and prize, Nazar will give an invited lecture at the next annual Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition hosted by the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
Congratulations, Professor Nazar!