CZS NWG for "Polymers in Energy Applications" at HIPOLE

Focus topic:	Resource efficiency
Types of funding:	Individual funding programmes Large individual funding projects
Programme:	CZS Individual funding
Funded institution:	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

In the CZS Young Investigator Group, Dr. Kevin Maik Jablonka researches polymers at the interface between materials science and data science. Since 2023, he has been group leader at the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications.

Goals

Polymers are of great importance for energy storage and conversion. Currently, polymers are often discovered by chance or time-consuming experiments. Future applications require improved and more resource-efficient materials.

Dr. Kevin Jablonka uses data-driven methods to systematically design polymers. He is using and developing advanced machine learning techniques. He also works on compiling new data sets and developing new digital representations of polymers. Working closely with experimental partners, he validates his predictions and applies them to develop new materials.

Dr. Kevin Jablonka's research could help to systematically design novel materials such as polymers in a very short time. This would make it possible to develop tailored materials, especially for energy storage applications, that optimally meet respective requirements.