Joshua James Bailey

Dr Josh J. Bailey is a Vice-Chancellor’s Illuminate Fellow in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), founding his research group at the beginning of 2024, with a focus on electrochemical energy storage. He obtained his first degree from the University of Oxford (MChem) in 2011 and completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2019 as part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Characterisation of Materials across University College London and Imperial College London. His research focus began in ceramic-based fuel cells, before undertaking post-doctoral work in polymeric membranes and lithium-ion batteries, subsequently moving to QUB in 2020 to work on flow battery materials and cell design. Having joined the Queen’s University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), he became interested in the potential functional advantages of implementing ionic liquids in electrochemical devices and now explores the role of protic and poly(ionic liquids) in improving the performance, durability, and sustainability of intermediate-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells alongside conducting international reproducibility studies in flow battery testing.