Dan is a Professor of Electrochemical Engineering at the University College London (UCL), a top-ranked University, where he is a director of the Electrochemical Innovation Lab (EIL) and Advanced Propulsion Lab (APL). He is an academic founder of the Faraday Institution (a UK battery research programme with a consortium of over 20 UK universities and 50 businesses – including 450 researchers) and a member of its Expert Panel.