November 5, 2021: The Consortium for Battery Innovation announced this week that Begüm Bozkaya has been appointed as its technical manager.

Bozkaya is already known among the advanced lead battery community, having been involved with recent CBI workshops and ELBC presentations.

In the past six years she has investigated the effects of carbon additives on negative plates for lead batteries as part of her PhD, studying with Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility at Fraunhofer ISC.

Separately Power Technology, an energy publication, has nominated CBI for its 2021 Excellence Award. It is included in the Batteries & Storage shortlist as part of its Sector Excellence category.