The degree was awarded for his "visionary work and leadership in battery technology and sustainable energy’, ‘ground-breaking research into lithium batteries at the forefront of future energy storage for clean, green energy’ and ‘founding, with colleagues, the Faraday Institution, the UK’s centre of excellence for battery research.’
Tracey Slaven, Professor Sir Peter Bruce, Abbie McLaughlin, Head of Chemistry and Professor Sir Ian Torrance KCVO, Pro-Chancellor at the University of Aberdeen
I am at the same time humbled and delighted to receive a Doctor of Science honoris causa from the University of Aberdeen for my research on lithium batteries. It recognizes not only my own modest efforts but the great work of many students and postdocs past and present.
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