Dr Jack Aspinall

Dr Aspinall at work, using his lab's glovebox
Image by Matt Dunkinson/The Faraday Institution
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow
jack.aspinall@materials.ox.ac.uk

RESEARCH

The Aspinall Group at Oxford Materials focuses on lightweight structural materials, at the intersection of metallurgy, mechanics and electrochemistry.  Current projects are focused on the development of magnesium alloys for robotics, aerospace and automotive applications.

 

PROFILE

Jack is a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, focusing on lightweight magnesium alloy development.  He has been a member of the department for over a decade, matriculating as an undergraduate in 2015.  He completed his DPhil in 2023, followed by postdoctoral roles in Professor Mauro Pasta's group where he developed lithium alloys for solid state batteries as part of the Faraday Institution SOLBAT project and a Nissan Motors collaboration.  From 2025 he led a work package within the SOLBAT consortium on anode development, co-ordinating research activity across multiple universities.  Outside of academia, Jack is a father of two children and a keen long-distance runner.

 

Selected Publications