Dr Tariq Sajjad is an Associate Professor of Energy Engineering and Materials Devices in the School of Engineering at London South Bank University (LSBU), London and a member of the London Centre for Energy Engineering (LCEE) in the same School. He established and currently leads a research group focused on energy materials and devices, equipped with advanced facilities for materials characterization and device fabrication. He collaborates closely with chemists to develop advanced energy materials, including perovskites, organic semiconductors, and transition metal oxides for energy conversion and storage. He has co-authored more than 50 publications, many of them centred around the development of advanced materials for energy conversion and storage, filed two patents, and secured around £1.4M in funding from the EPSRC, ERC, British Council, Greater London Authority, and Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.

Tariq is internationally recognised for his pioneering work on developing advanced energy materials and devices and using photophysical measurements to understand and improve them. In recognition of his contribution to the field of energy and sustainability, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC, UK) recognized him as one of the emerging investigators in the field of energy and invited him for an article in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators Theme Issue 2020. He is a member of EPSRC peer Review College, topic editor of the journal “Coatings” and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Energy Research, and the UK Chair for the International Conferences on Material Science and Nanotechnology (MSNANO).