Professor Sir Peter Bruce FRS

Peter is Wolfson Professor of Materials at the University of Oxford, UK. He co-founded the Faraday Institution, the UK centre of excellence for research on electrochemical energy storage, and serves as its Chief Scientist. From 2018-2023 he served as Physical Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society (UK Academy of Sciences).

Peter’s research interests embrace materials chemistry and electrochemistry, especially lithium and sodium batteries. Recent efforts have focused on the synthesis and understanding of new high capacity cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, the processes taking place in solid-state batteries and the challenges of the lithium-air battery.

Peter’s research has been recognised by a number of awards and fellowships. He has received the Tilden Prize, the Liversidge Award and the Longstaff Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Carl Wagner Award of the Electrochemical Society (USA) and the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society. He has been named as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate every year since 2015. Peter is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Peter received a knighthood for his services to science and innovation.