Faculty of Science
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3540

Mark Obrovac

NSERC/3M Canada/Dalhousie University Industrial Research Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry


 

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry, Cornell University, 2001-2002

Inorganic Materials Synthesis

Supervisor:  Dr. Frank DiSalvo


Ph.D. in Physics,
Dalhousie University, 1997-2001

Nanostructured Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

Supervisor:  Dr. Jeff Dahn

 

M.Sc. in Physics, Dalhousie University, 1995-1997

Valence Band Study of Chromium Substituted Lithium Manganese Oxides

Supervisor:  Dr. Jeff Dahn

 

B.Sc. with Honors, Simon Fraser University, 1989-1995

Department of Chemical Physics

Awards:

3M Corporate Level Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation Award, 2006

3M Division Level Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation Award, 2006

3M Division Level Circle of Technical Excellence and Innovation Award, 2005

 

 

 
19 Publications

 

4 Invited Conference Presentations

 

8 Conference Presentations

  

 

 

    
    
 

Research Interests: New Materials for Advanced Batteries, Electrochemistry, Inorganic Materials Synthesis, Nanostructured Materials.

Advanced batteries are crucial for the development of new green technologies. Electrified vehicles require batteries that are inexpensive, safe, have a long life time and store a large amount of energy per unit volume. Electricity grids and renewable energies, such as wind, tidal and solar power, require inexpensive, safe, long-life batteries for load leveling during periods of high/low energy generation or use. Current battery technologies do not meet all the requirements needed for widespread implementation of these technologies.

E-mail: Mark.Obrovac@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-7745
Fax: (902) 494-1310
Web:
http://chemistry.dal.ca/Faculty/