Dr Gurpreet Kaur

Dr Gurpreet Kaur is a senior research scientist working in the electrochemical energy systems team in the energy technologies program of CSIRO. Dr Kaur joined CSIRO to work on the solid oxide electrolysis technology for the production of fuels such as hydrogen and syngas with steam and CO2 as the feedstock. The major emphasis of this work was on understanding the fundamental reaction mechanisms at the electrode / electrolyte interface and development of electrode compositions for the efficient conversion of steam / CO2 into hydrogen / syngas. The success of this work led to the establishment of a multidisciplinary $2.5M ARENA project with several partners (North-western University (USA), Ben Gurion University at the Negev (Israel), Johnson Matthey (UK), ABEL Energy, Raygen Ltd) for further development of this technology. Dr Kaur has been the key scientist responsible for the electrode development work for the SOE module, and successfully delivering on the major project milestone. Dr Kaur has led the project in the later stage and delivered on the final project milestone. Dr Kaur is currently leading SOE project for further development of SOE technology to kW scale funded by Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF). Multiple industrial partners involved BlueScope Steel for technology demonstration in a pilot scale and RFC Ambrian for commercilaization by spinning off the company. Dr Kaur is also leading a project on electrochemical synthesis of ammonia in collaboration with RMIT and Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) and Korea Institute of Energy Research. She has authored several externally funded confidential reports and technical publications including journal and conference papers.