Dr Rachel McKerracher MSc, PhD

Experimental Officer

Dr Rachel McKerracher is an Experimental Officer working in the Engineering Materials group at the University of Southampton.

Rachel graduated with a Master’s degree in Chemistry, MChem (hons) from Oxford University in 2009, after which she joined the Energy Technology research group at the University of Southampton, where her PhD research into synthesis and hydrogen storage mechanisms of metal oxide nanotubes was completed in 2012. Following this, she undertook several postdoctoral research projects in the area of energy storage materials, battery construction and thermal runaway prevention. Her main research interests lie in improving the sustainability of materials used in batteries. In 2021 she moved to the Engineering Materials group to take up the post of Experimental Officer.