Be part of a team of leading German and US-American scientists researching and further developing
lithium-metal batteries. Within the team, you will be responsible for the experimental analysis of gas
evolution from lithium-metal batteries under controlled heating. In combination with post-mortem
analysis of the resulting substances, you will identify reaction mechanisms and thus the initial heat
sources before a possible uncontrolled self-heating during operation. Through interdisciplinary exchange
with other experimental and simulation partners, also via research stays abroad, you will
jointly uncover dominant processes and reaction networks. You will thus contribute directly to improving
the safety and stability of the batteries.
As part of your work, you will publish research results in scientific journals and project reports and
present them at national and international conferences.
We offer you the opportunity to pursue a PhD.

Research Assistant / Ph.D. Student (f/m/d)

Battery - Reactions Kinetics and Optimization

Institute for Applied Materials - Electrochemical Technologies

from 10/01/2026

11/01/2026

M. Sc. Julian Ulrich (julian.ulrich@kit.edu)