Emma Kendrick is Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, Co-Director of the Centre for Energy Storage (BCES) and Co-Lead of the Energy Materials Group (EMG). Prior to the University of Birmingham, she spent two years as a Reader at WMG, University of Warwick. Before academia, she led innovations in the battery industry, latterly as Chief Technologist in Energy Storage at SHARP Laboratories of Europe Ltd (SLE) and prior to that for two lithium-ion battery SMEs, Fife Batteries Ltd and Surion Energy Ltd. Professor Kendrick holds a PhD from Keele University, which was obtained as part of a postgraduate transfer partnership (PTP) scheme with CERAM Research, an MSc in new materials from the University of Aberdeen and a BSc in chemistry from the University of Manchester. She has been recognised for her research in sustainable batteries and her continued support of the research community through several awards: 2021 Faraday Institution (FI) Researcher Development Champion, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2021 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Mid-Career Award and the 2019 Hothersall Memorial Award for outstanding services to Metal Finishing.