Dr Lucy C. Otley

Lucy Otley provides portable power sources for electronics equipment in the government communications sector, specialising in lithium battery technology.

Lucy previously worked at the Johnson Matthey Technology Centre as a materials scientist. She worked in areas including: physical preparation of nanoparticulate materials; dye-sensitised photovoltaics; gold catalysis for methanol and hydrogen fuel cells; and a selection of platinum group metallurgy and electrometallurgy projects.

Lucy was educated at Cambridge University, graduating in Natural Sciences (Physical) in 1997 and receiving her PhD in 2002. Her PhD on electroluminescence and electrochemical surface treatment of aluminium was sponsored by Alcan International and supervised by Professor G. T. Burstein.