Antoni (Toni) Forner-Cuenca studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante in Spain. During his education, Toni performed research at the University of Kentucky, Center for Applied Energy Research, and SABIC Innovative Plastics. In 2013, Toni moved to Zurich for his PhD. At the Paul Scherrer Institute and ETH Zurich, Toni pioneered the development of gas diffusion layers with patterned wettability for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Toni obtained his PhD in late 2016 and his work was recognized with the ETH Zurich Medal for outstanding PhD thesis, and the Electrochemical Society Energy Technology Graduate Student Award. Between 2017-2018, Toni was a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Chemical Engineering. At MIT, Toni worked on advancing the science and engineering of redox flow batteries for large-scale energy storage. From 2019, Toni started his independent academic career as Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry.  Toni established and leads the Electrochemical Materials and Systems group, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2023.

Antoni Forner-Cuenca leads the Electrochemical Materials and Systems group in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. His research focuses on advancing transformative energy technologies for real-world applications. By leveraging principles from (electro)chemical engineering, materials science, and physical chemistry, his team designs, synthesizes, characterizes, and models innovative materials and reactors. Key applications include large-scale energy storage with flow batteries, energy conversion via hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers, and decarbonization of the chemical industry through efficient molecular synthesis and separation processes.

I am fascinated by the conversion between chemical and electrical energy. Using the tools of electrochemistry, we aim to accelerate the urgent energy transition.