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Dr. Kenza Maher
Scientist
Dr. Kenza Maher
Scientist
Educational Qualifications
PhD in electrochemistry of Li-ion batteries
Master’s degree
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Biography
Dr Kenza Maher joined Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) in January 2015 as a Scientist at the Energy Science and Technology Group. She has more than 10 years' experience in researching energy storage. Before joining QEERI, Dr Maher was Research Fellow and Project Leader at the Joint Future Mobility Research Lab with the BMW Group and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research focused on safety evaluation and diagnostics of BMW electric cars’ batteries to overcome the hazard of thermal runaway in cars.
Dr Maher received her PhD from Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco in January 2011. Her PhD focused on the development of new phosphate and oxides materials for high energy lithium-ion batteries. During her PhD, she was a Guest Researcher at Angström Laboratory, Department of Material Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden.
After her PhD, she joined the Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as Research Fellow. She worked on development of a new method to determine the battery state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) based on its thermodynamics properties.
After that she moved to TUM CREATE LTd, Singapore. Her research focused on the study of batteries’ thermodynamics and kinetics properties
PhD in electrochemistry of Li-ion batteries
LCME, FST Marrakech, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco.
2010
Master’s degree
Physical-chemistry of materials, LCMS, faculty of sciences, Ben M’Sik, University Hassan II Mohammedia, Casablanca, Morocco.
2006
Bachelor's degree
Inorganic Chemistry, faculty of sciences, Ben M’Sik, University Hassan II Mohammedia, Casablanca, Morocco.
2004
DEUG in Physics and chemistry (undergrads degrees)
faculty of sciences, Ben M’Sik, University Hassan II Mohammedia, Casablanca, Morocco.
2002
Scientist
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar.
January 2015 to present
Research Fellow and Project Leader
Joint Future Mobility Research Lab with BMW Group and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
November 2013 - January 2015 - 1 year and 3 months
Research Fellow
TUM CREATE Ltd., Singapore.
November 2012 – October 2013 - 1 year
Research Fellow
Energy Research Institute (ERI@N), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
July 2011 – October 2012 - 1 year and 4 months
R. Essehli, H. Ben Yahia, K. Maher, M.T. Sougrati, A. Abouimrane, J.-B. Park, Y.-K. Sun, M.A. Al-Maadeed, I. Belharouak, J. Power Sources 324 (2016) 657.
R. Essehli, I. Belharouak, H. Ben Yahia, K. Maher, A. Abouimrane, B. Orayech, S. Calder, X. L. Zhou, Z. Zhou, Y.-K. Sun, Dalton Trans., 44 (2015) 7881.
Kenza Maher, Rachid Yazami, J. Power Sources 261 (2014) 389
Kenza Maher, Rachid Yazami, J. Power Sources 247 (2014) 527.
Kenza Maher, Rachid Yazami, Electrochemica Acta 101 (2013) 71-78.