Sarah Jordaan, McGill University

Research

Electricity generation technologies Energy Environment Geospatial analysis Life cycle assessment Circular economy Electricity Electric vehicles

Latest funding

Improving the environmental sustainability of Canadian electricity systems with highly resolved life cycle assessment
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$76,000
Development of sustainable direct recycling and upcycling technologies for spent Li-ion battery cathodes
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$476,000
Transportation-grid interdependence: how to make net zero energy work using energy storage
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$783,840

All 3 grants and awards

Improving the environmental sustainability of Canadian electricity systems with highly resolved life cycle assessment

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Jordaan, Sarah

Keywords: life cycle assessment; electricity generation technologies; geospatial analysis; environment; energy

$76,000

Development of sustainable direct recycling and upcycling technologies for spent Li-ion battery cathodes

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Demopoulos, George GP

Keywords: Cathode active materials; Circular economy; Critical minerals; Electrochemistry; Hydrothermal processing; Li-ion batteries; Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt; Recycling; Re-functionalization; Sustainable processes

$476,000

Transportation-grid interdependence: how to make net zero energy work using energy storage

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Jordaan, Sarah M

Keywords: Circular economy; Electricity; Electric vehicles; Energy storage; Greenhouse gas emission; Life cycle assesment; Sustainability; Techno economic analysis; Transportation

$783,840

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Electricity generation technologies Dear Professor Jordaan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on electricity generation technologies connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Improving the environmental sustainability of Canadian electricity systems with highly resolved life cycle assessment" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]