Rate My Professor Stanislaw Zankowski

Dr Stanislaw Zankowski is a Research Fellow and Laboratory Supervisor in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on electrochemistry, electron microscopy, conformal surface coatings, and the characterization of nanomaterials including carbons, lithium metal oxides, interconnected metal nanowires, and nanoporous oxides, with applications in Li-ion batteries, water electrolyzers, and corrosion barriers. He currently contributes to the Faraday Institution’s Nextrode project, developing techniques to map the distribution of aqueous cellulose- and latex-derived polymeric binders in Li-ion electrodes using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and Backscattered Electron imaging, and exploring phase-inversion and coagulation-induced precipitation methods to reduce electrode drying time, enhance mechanical strength, and induce vertical porosity for faster charging.

Zankowski holds a joint industrial-academic PhD in Materials Science from imec and KU Leuven in Belgium, where his work addressed 3D-nanowire electrodes for Li-ion batteries and electrolytic hydrogen generation. He earned an MSc with honors in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the University of Barcelona in Spain and a BSc in Chemistry from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. Prior experience includes a Young Graduate Trainee position at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands and internships at European chemical companies and institutes. In 2024, he received the Best Presentation Award at the ECS PRiME Conference for his talk on staining polymeric binders. His 2026 publication in Nature Communications details a chemical staining technique for visualizing binders in battery anodes.