Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena is a Professor of Materials for Energy and Electrochemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. Prior to joining Wits in 2017, he had worked at South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as Chief Research Scientist and Research Group Leader of the CSIR Electrochemical Energy Technologies (2009 - 2017). His current research interests are focussed on energy storage and conversion systems (e.g. lithium-ion batteries, electrochemical capacitors, and fuel cells) and electrochemical sensors. He holds a PhD degree in Chemistry from Rhodes University. He is a Certified Renewable Energy Professional, C.REP™, Association of Energy Engineers, USA, a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), a fellow of the African Academy of Science (AAS), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He has been recognised many times for his electrochemical research activities in Africa. He was a Finalist (‘Lifetime Award’) 2018/2019 South African National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards. He serves on the Editorial Boards of some science journals including Electrochemistry Communications (Elsevier), Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (Elsevier), Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing), and he is the Chief Editor of the International Journal of Electrochemistry (open access journal, Hindawi Publishing).
