BattMo Team

BattMo is developed and maintained by a dedicated team of scientists at the Norwegian research institute SINTEF, the largest independent research institute in Scandinavia. Through research projects with the Norwegian Research Council and European Union, as well as direct industry projects, SINTEF aims to live up to its motto and develop Technology for a Better Society!
Dr. Simon Clark

Dr. Simon Clark

Senior Research Scientist


Simon develops BattMo and BattINFO. He focuses on translating knowledge from the battery domain into machine-actionable code and creating good interfaces with battery experts. He holds the degree of Dr. rer. nat. in Computational Electrochemistry from Ulm University

Dr. Xavier Raynaud

Dr. Xavier Raynaud

Senior Research Scientist


Xavier develops BattMo and MRST. He focuses on implementing efficient ways to setup and solve systems of differential equations. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics from NTNU and an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France).

Dr. Franscesca Watson

Dr. Franscesca Watson

Research Scientist


Francesca develops BattMo and MRST. Her research focuses on CO2 storage simulation and she manages the bi-annual MRST software releases. She has a PhD from Durham University, UK, specialising in reservoir simulation for CO2 storage.

Dr. August Johansson

Dr. August Johansson

Research Scientist


August develops BattMo and MRST. His training has been in finite element methods, in particular adaptive methods where the domain does not have to fit the mesh. He has a PhD from Umeå University.

Dr. Eibar Flores

Dr. Eibar Flores

Research Scientist


Eibar develops BattMo and BattINFO. He focuses on integrating digital tools into experimental workflows and applying them for design optimizations. He has a PhD from ETH Zurich.

Dr. Halvor Møll Nilsen

Dr. Halvor Møll Nilsen

Senior Research Scientist


Halvor develops BattMo, MRST, and OPM Flow. His expertise centers on numerically simulating flow in porous media, particularly within porous rock and electrochemical systems. He has a PhD from University of Bergen.

Dr. Olav Møyner

Dr. Olav Møyner

Senior Research Scientist


Olav develops MRST, Jutul and BattMo. His expertise includes high-performance automatic differentiation, discretizations and nonlinear solvers for multi-phase and multi-component flows. He has a PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Lorena Hendrix

Lorena Hendrix

Master of Science


Lorena develops BattMo and BattMoApp. She focuses making BattMo accessible and user-friendly. She obtained her Masters degree in Applied Physics at Delft University of Technology.

Dr. Sridevi Krishnamurthi

Dr. Sridevi Krishnamurthi

Research Scientist


Sridevi krishnamurthi works on BattMo and ontologies, She focuses on making electrochemical modelling accessible, She holds a PhD in Computational Material sciences from University of Twente, NL.