Movaffaq Kateb

About me

My research connects experimental mechanics, advanced metrology and energy materials, with a growing focus on battery manufacturing, diagnostics and reliability.

I am interested in how processing history, microstructure, interfaces and mechanical loading control the performance of functional materials. My work combines X-ray-based characterization, optical and laser-based measurements, electrochemical and electrical readouts, modelling, and data-driven analysis of experimental datasets.

At LTU, my research is connected to RECAT and the COMPEL battery initiative. Through COMPEL, LTU has taken a strategic role at the interface between academic research, industrial needs and battery value-chain challenges, especially in areas where process physics, production metrology and experimental mechanics can add missing knowledge. Within this environment, I focus on battery process physics and scalable metrology: how electrodes form during manufacturing, how particle contact and mechanical pressure affect performance, and how laboratory measurements can be translated into useful indicators for quality, safety and lifetime.

Before joining LTU, I worked as a researcher at the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre at Uppsala University, and earlier as a postdoctoral researcher and researcher at Chalmers University of Technology. My previous work includes operando optical-electrochemical studies on cell level, multimodal X-ray and electrical characterization of thin films, and modelling of ion diffusion, heat transport and wetting processes.

I welcome collaboration with academic and industrial partners in battery materials, electrode manufacturing, X-ray imaging, laser diagnostics, process metrology and data-driven experimental mechanics.