Professor Jeff Dahn is recognized as one of the pioneering developers of the lithium-ion battery that is now used worldwide in laptop computers, cell-phones and electric vehicles.  Dahn's recent work has concentrated on increasing the energy density, improving the lifetime and lowering the cost of lithium-ion batteries.  He is the author of over 820 refereed journal papers and co-inventor of 78 inventions with patents issued or filed.

Jeff Dahn obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from Dalhousie University (1978) and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1982.  Dahn then worked at the National Research Council of Canada (82-85) and at Moli Energy Limited (85-90) before taking up a faculty position in the Physics Department at Simon Fraser University in 1990.  He returned to Dalhousie University in 1996.