Mega Kar

Research Fellow, Deakin University, Australia

Dr. Mega Kar completed her undergraduate degree with honors at The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2008. She then pursued her PhD at Monash University from 2012 to 2015, supported by the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES). Following her doctoral studies, Dr. Kar served as an Alfred Deakin Research Fellow at Deakin University from 2021 to 2023, where she investigated novel, low-cost, and safe materials for energy storage devices. Recently, she received the Australian ARC DECRA Fellowship to continue her research at Deakin University, focusing on the development of new materials for advanced sodium technology. Her primary research interests include designing innovative ionic liquid and solid-state electrolytes for rechargeable lithium, sodium, magnesium, and zinc batteries.