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Team

The GDEx team is part of the Electrochemical Excellence Centre (ELEC) at VITO, which is composed of more than 40 members. We are a young team of Professionals devoted to the development and optimization of this technology for various applications.

GDEx team

Current Team Members

Dr. Xochitl Dominguez Benetton - PI

Dr. Luis Fernando León Fernández - GDEx expert

Mr. Omar Martinez Mora - GDEx PhD candidate (specializes on platinum group metals)

Dr. Ranjith Prasannachandran - GDEx experimental post-doctoral researcher (specializes on lithium recovery)

Dr. Pravin Dwivedi - GDEx experimental post-doctoral researcher (specializes on battery recycling)

Dr. Savitha Thayumanasundaram - GDEx project management (specialized on batteries)

Dr. Yelitza Delgado - GDEx experimental post-doctoral researcher (specializes on PGMs recovery)

Dr. Maria Isabel Leon Sotelo - GDEx modeling post-doctoral researcher (specializes on multiphysics modeling)

Support:

Eng. Diane van Houtven - Engineering and scale-up

Eng. Pete Grahame Fawcus - Engineering and scale-up

GDEx ALUMNI

Dr. Stefanos Mourdikoudis

Dr. Ramin Rabani

Dr. Rafael Prato Modestino

Dr. Sam Eggermont

Dr. Guillermo Pozo Zamora

Dr. Elisabet Andres García

Dr. Katrijn Gijbels

Internships:

Mr. Meet Savla

Mr. Hussien Jabarin

Eng. Angela Caballero Ortiz

Dr. Juan David Anaya Garzon

Dr. Rutely Burgos Castillo