Peter Bruce

Peter Bruce

Peter Bruce, FRS, FRSE, MAE, is Wolfson Professor of Materials at the University of Oxford, UK. He co-founded the Faraday Institution, the UK centre for research on electrochemical energy storage, and serves as its Chief Scientist. From 2018-2023 he served as Physical Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society.

Peter’s research interests embrace materials chemistry and electrochemistry, especially lithium and sodium batteries. Recent efforts have focused on the synthesis and understanding of new anionic redox cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, the challenges of the lithium-air battery and understanding the processes taking place in solid-state batteries.

Peter’s research has been recognised with a number of awards and fellowships. He has received the Tilden Prize, the Liversidge Award and the Longstaff Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Carl Wagner Award of the Electrochemical Society and the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society. He has been named as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate every year since 2015. In the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Peter received a knighthood for his services to science and innovation.