Thanks to a research stipend for experienced scientists from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Professor Dr. Aimy Bazylak is able to use her Sabbatical Year to work as a guest researcher at the HIU. This award program supports the creation of long-term, collaborative research projects in Germany. Dr. Bazylak will be working together with Dr. Roswitha Zeis’ Young Investigator Group. Both researchers know each other from different conferences and expect promising results from their work together.
Dr. Bazylak’s work for some years has been focused on simulating and visualizing polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Her work is also focused on clean and sustainable energy and the separation and storage of CO2. Dr. Zeis develops high-temperature, polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells with phosphoric acid-doped polymer membranes. Through combining their expertise, both researchers hope to better understand and optimize the acid management of fuel cell systems.
Dr. Bazylak is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, where she leads a team of talented junior researchers in the Thermofluids for Energy and Advanced Materials (TEAM) Laboratory. In 2012 Dr. Bazylak received the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award and in 2014 she was selected to be a member of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. She also works as the Associate Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the NSERC CREATE Program in DGRC at the University of Toronto.
Translation by Melissa Pernice