Dr. Abhik Banerjee currently serves as Principal Scientist and Associate Professor at the Research Institute of Sustainable Energy (RISE), TCG CREST. His research focuses on addressing fundamental challenges that limit the development of next-generation electrochemical energy-storage technologies, including solid-state batteries, sodium-ion batteries, silicon-based anodes, and lithium/sodium metal batteries. His team is dedicated to developing practical and scalable solutions to improve battery safety, energy density, rate capability, fast charging, and cycle life. With over 16 years of research experience, Dr. Banerjee specializes in the design, innovative chemical synthesis, advanced characterization, and structure–property–performance understanding of functional materials for electrochemical energy storage. His research integrates materials chemistry, electrochemistry, and advanced characterization to establish fundamental mechanisms and translate them into high-performance battery technologies. Dr. Banerjee received his Ph.D. from CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, where his research focused on the design and development of metal oxide nanostructures for energy and environmental applications. Following his Ph.D., he spent a year at UNIST, South Korea, where he worked on the design and developmentof solution-processable sodium superionic conductors. He subsequently joined Prof. Shirley Meng’s group at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), where he pursued research on lithium-ion and solid-state battery technologies, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry, electrochemical interfaces, and mechanisms governing battery performance. In 2020, he joined TCG CREST, where he currently leads research on next-generation electrochemical energy-storage technologies, including solid-state, sodium-ion, and lithium/sodium metal batteries. Contact: abhik.banerjee@tcgcrest.org Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=GR3BoyYAAAAJ Personal Website: https://www.eesl.org.in/