Neeraj Sharma undertook his schooling in Sydney and was inspired into Science by a fantastic range of Science teachers and mentors throughout his career. Neeraj currently holds a lectureship at the School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Neeraj calls himself a glorified crystallographer, because at the foundation of all of his research, whether in batteries, fuel cells or magnetic materials, is the fundamental need to grapple and understand how atoms are arranged and how chemists can manipulate these arrangements for their purposes.