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Mohammad Asadi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology

Dr. Asadi joined the Chemical Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) as Assistant Professor in 2017. Asadi completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UIC and received his Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. He spent seven years of working experience in the oil and gas industry before joining UIC. He has authored and co-authored 25 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Science, Nature, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Nano, and Nature Communications, and has 13 US patents and four patent applications. He has more than 5000 citations (h-index 20) in the area of advanced functional materials, catalysis science, electrochemical energy storage, and energy conversion systems.

Josh Buettner-Garrett, CTO, Solid Power

Mr. Buettner-Garrett specializes in transitioning laboratory-scale battery advances into prototype products and pilot-scale manufacturing. As Solid Power・スfs CTO, he is responsible for developing future market-leading products based on the company・スfs solid-state battery technology platform. Prior to his role at Solid Power, Mr. Buettner-Garrett led the Energy Storage team at ADA Technologies where he oversaw the development of advanced batteries and pilot-scale manufacturing for primarily DOD applications. Josh did his graduate studies at Colorado State University where he developed high-capacity nickel and fluorine-based cathodes.

Cheng-Chieh Chao, PhD, Vice President, R&D, Quantumscape

Cheng-Chieh Chao is the VP of Materials Development & Characterization at QuantumScape. Over the last decade, he・スfs worked on many areas of solid-state battery development and currently leads teams focused on materials innovation and characterization. Cheng-Chieh is a Stanford alumnus with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (・スe11) and MS degrees in Management Science & Engineering (・スe09) and Mechanical Engineering (・スe07). He also earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University (・スe03).

Halle Cheeseman, PhD, Program Director, ARPA-E

Dr. Halle Cheeseman has been working in the battery business for 35 years. From the growth of Alkaline in Europe in the 1980・スfs, to the emergence of Lithium Ion in the 1990s, to the avalanche of interest in all Electrochemical storage systems that has dominated the first two decades of this century. After senior leadership positions in the battery industry, Dr. Cheeseman is now a Program Director for the Advanced Research Program Agency for the US Department of Energy (ARPA-E) and is based in Washington DC.Dr. Halle Cheeseman has a BSc with honors and a PhD in Chemistry & Materials Science from the University of Nottingham.

Chelsea Chen, PhD, Polymer Physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Chelsea Chen is an R&D Staff and Polymer Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). She has extensive experience in solid-state batteries, polymers, composites, interfaces, electron microscopy and neutron/X-ray scattering. She leads programs in solid state batteries and polymer/composite electrolytes at ORNL. She earned her Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and pursued postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She worked as a senior chemist at Dow Electronic Materials before joining ORNL in 2017. She has over 70 peer-reviewed publications and 2 issued patents. She received the 2022 American Chemical Society PMSE Division・スfs Young Investigator Award.

Fu Chen, PhD, Director of Analytical NMR Facility Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park

Dr. Fu Chen received B.Sc degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University, China in 2001 and obtained Ph.D degree Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Roderick Wasylishen from The University of Alberta, Canada in 2009. After completed postdoc research at Leiden University, The Netherlands in 2011 and at The Ames Laboratory, US in 2012, Dr. Fu Chen worked as an assistant research scientist at The University of Iowa. Dr. Fu Chen is currently working as the Director of NMR facility at The University of Maryland, College Park from 2016.

Shmuel De-Leon, CEO, Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd.

Shmuel De-Leon, Founder and CEO of Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd., is a leading international expert in the business of energy storage. Prior to founding the company, for over 21 years, Shmuel held various positions as an energy storage, electronic engineering, and quality control team manager. Shmuel holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an M.B.A. in Quality Control and Reliability Engineering from the Technion Institute in Haifa, as well as an Electronic Technician's diploma.

Mickael Dollé, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal

Mickael Dollé is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Université de Montréal. He earned his Ph.D. from Université Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens – France) in 2002. Prior to joining Université de Montréal in 2014, he was a CNRS researcher in France after being postdoctoral fellows at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Max Planck Institute of Stuttgart. He is the recipient of the American Ceramic Society Global Star Award. His research focuses on materials chemistry, energy storage, and manufacturing. His ongoing projects focus on solid state batteries (ceramic and polymer), dry electrode processing and battery recycling.

Bruce S. Dunn, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Nippon Sheet Glass Chair, University of California Los Angeles

Bruce Dunn is the Nippon Sheet Glass Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA. His research interests concern the synthesis of inorganic and organic/inorganic materials, and the characterization of their electrical, optical, biological and electrochemical properties. His recent work on electrochemical energy storage includes three-dimensional batteries and pseudocapacitive materials. Among the honors he has received are a Fulbright research fellowship, the Orton Lectureship from the American Ceramic Society, named to the Web of Science list of Highly Cited Researchers, and awards from the Department of Energy for outstanding research in materials science.

Asmae El Mejdoubi, PhD, Chief Product Officer, Product Department, Tiamat SAS

After the engineering school, Asmae El Mejdoubi did her PhD in electrical engineering from 2012 to 2015. She continued her research on the SoC and the SoH diagnosis and prognosis models for Lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors, to join TIAMAT in September 2018. Since 2020, Dr. El Mejdoubi is leading the product department, improving and optimizing the TIAMAT sodium-ion products to solve customers' problems and create customer delight.

Zhenxing Feng, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University

Dr. Zhenxing Feng is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University, USA. After completing his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, USA, Dr. Feng worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) of Argonne National Laboratory. In 2016, Dr. Feng moved to Oregon State University to start his independent career. Dr. Feng received the Office of Navy Research (ONR) Summer Fellowship, Scialog Advanced Energy Storage Award, and was named as the highly cited researcher by Clarivate in 2022. Dr. Feng is interested in finding design principles of various materials for energy harvesting, conversion, and storage applications.

Tobias Glossmann, Principal Systems Engineer, HV Battery Research and Test Lab, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America

Dr. Tobias Glossmann is a Principal Engineer at Mercedes-Benz R&D North America and works on battery research from material level to vehicle integration for more than 20 years. He is engaged in community education as an officer of the Detroit section of the Electrochemical Society. His current research interests include Li-metal batteries and interfaces in batteries and electrochemical sensors.

Steven G. Greenbaum, Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Hunter College, City University of New York

Dr. Steve Greenbaum is CUNY Distinguished Professor of Physics at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Dr. Greenbaum earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University. He was an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Semiconductor Branch of the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., a Fulbright Scholar at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a NASA/NRC Senior Research Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Lab, where he was a member of the team that designed the lithium ion batteries for the successful Mars Rover missions. He has held Visiting Professor positions at many universities and was selected as one of eleven Jefferson Science Fellows at the U.S. State Department in 2014-15. Dr. Greenbaum's main research interest is magnetic resonance studies of materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. He has co-authored over 330 peer-reviewed publications, and directly supervised 30 Ph.D. students plus numerous undergraduate researchers. His mentoring has received national recognition through the White House OSTP (PAESMEM Award, 2002).

Ivana Hasa, Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials, University of Warwick (WMG)

Ivana Hasa is AssociateProfessor of Electrochemical Materials in WMG at the University of Warwick. She is a chemist by background with extensive experience on electrochemical energy storage systems. Her research activities are directed toward the understanding of the processes governing the chemistry of the next generation's sustainable battery technologies. Design of technically relevant materials and the understanding of their structure-property correlation and electrochemical behavior are the core of her research interest. Her work is inherently interdisciplinary, tackling challenges at the interface of chemistry, materials science, and electrochemistry. At the Energy Innovation Centre in WMG, she is also working toward the development and scale up of new battery chemistries from concept to full proven cell prototypes.

Nathan Johnson, PhD, Postdoctoral Appointee, Sandia National Laboratories

Dr. Nathan B. Johnson completed his Doctorate in Chemical Engineering under Dr. Paul Albertus at University of Maryland, College Park in Spring 2023. Since then, he has worked as a postdoctoral appointee at Sandia National Labs in the Power Sources R&D organization under Dr. Loraine Torres-Castro and Dr. Alex M. Bates. For the last 6 years, he has worked on safety, reliability, and diagnostics for a wide variety of primary and rechargeable battery chemistries from the materials-scale up to the pack-level. His primary focus is developing a predictive battery safety testing method through coupling materials-scale tests with numerical modeling.

Chisu Kim, PhD, Director of Research and Strategy, Hydro-Quebec

Dr. Chisu Kim is a director of research and strategy of the Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage (CEETSE) at Hydro-Quebec, where she leads the development of next-generation battery technologies. She has over 25 years of experience in the battery field, with combined expertise in fundamental research and battery manufacturing. She has been working on battery R&D projects at Hydro-Quebec since 2012 and was responsible for multiple collaboration programs with industrial partners and national laboratories. Prior to joining Hydro-Quebec, she worked for the battery industry for 12 years developing commercial lithium-ion batteries for various applications ranging from IT devices to electric vehicles. She obtained her Ph.D in electrochemistry from Seoul National University in 2000.

Guosheng Li, PhD, Senior Scientist, Battery Chemistry & Electrochemistry Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dr. Guosheng Li is presently a Senior Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He earned his BS degree from Tsing Hua University in 1996 and subsequently achieved both his MS and PhD degrees in Physical Chemistry from KyungHee University. Following this, he completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California (USC) before joining PNNL in 2007. Dr. Li has a wide-ranging knowledge base spanning Electrochemistry, Materials Science, Catalysis, and Spectroscopic Characterization. His current role involves leading various battery research and development programs at PNNL, with support from the Department of Energy. His research is primarily centered on materials development, battery design, and validation for grid energy storage applications. Of particular interest are the development and understanding of advanced electrolytes, synthesis of cathode materials, elucidating reaction mechanisms for cathodes, and addressing various interfacial challenges encountered in rechargeable batteries. He has fostered robust collaborations with industry partners, focusing on grid battery scale-up and module testing to enhance comprehension of battery reliability and degradation in large battery modules under more realistic grid service conditions. His contributions to the field are reflected in the publication of over 80 research papers in various prestigious journals, and he holds 7 US patents with numerous US patent applications.

Owen Lu, PhD, Research Engineer, Ford Motor Company

As a Research Engineer at Ford Motor Company, Owen Lu has spent the past five years conducting research on solid-state batteries. His primary research interests lie in Si-dominant anodes and solid electrolytes, which encompass both solid polymer and inorganic sulfide types. In addition to his work on solid-state batteries, Owen has over a decade of experience in fuel cells and electrochemistry. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Penn State University and has co-authored over 40 publications and co-invented more than 15 patents.

Arumugam Manthiram, PhD, Abell Endowed Chair, Engineering, University of Texas Austin

Arumugam Manthiram is the George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). He served as the Director of Texas Materials Institute at UT-Austin during 2011 – 2022. After receiving his Ph.D. in chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1981 and working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and at UT-Austin, he became a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT-Austin in 1991. He has authored more than 1,000 journal articles with 128,000 citations and an h-index of 175. He has mentored 300 students and postdoctoral researchers, including the graduation of 76 Ph.D. students. Dr. Manthiram is a recipient of the Battery Division Research Award and Technology Award, the Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the John B. Goodenough Award from the Electrochemical Society, and the International Battery Materials Association Research Award and Yeager Award. He delivered the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize Lecture in Stockholm on behalf of Professor John Goodenough.

Shirley Meng, PhD, Director, Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA), Argonne National Laboratory; The Liew Family Professor, The University of Chicago

Professor Y. Shirley Meng received her Ph.D. in Advance Materials for Micro & Nano Systems from the Singapore-MIT Alliance in 2005, after which she worked as a postdoc research fellow and became a research scientist at MIT. Shirley currently holds the Zable Endowed Chair Professor in Energy Technologies and is Professor of NanoEngineering and Materials Science, University of California San Diego (UCSD). She is the founding Director of the Sustainable Power and Energy Center (2015-2020) and was named as inaugural director of the Institute of Materials Discovery and Design. Professor Meng received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award in 2011, UCSD Chancellor・スfs Interdisciplinary Collaboratories Award in 2013, C.W. Tobias Young Investigator Award of the Electrochemical Society (2016), International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation (ICESI) Inaugural Young Career Award (2018), American Chemical Society ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Young Investigator Award (2018), a Finalist for the Blavatnik National Award (2018), International Battery Associations Research Award (2019) and Royal Chemical Society Faraday・スfs Medal (2020). She is the author and co-author of more than 225 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapter and 5 issued patents. Professor Meng serves on the executive committee for battery division at the Electrochemical Society and she is the Editor-in-Chief for MRS Energy & Sustainability. She is an elected fellow of the Electrochemical Society (FECS) and fellow of the Materials Research Society (FMRS).

Ines Miller, Team Lead Battery Cells, E Mobility, P3 Automotive GmbH

Ines Miller is leading the team of battery cells for P3 automotive in the field of E-Mobility. She has been involved in numerous projects with automotive OEMs, suppliers, chemical industry and investment banks mostly covering topics of Li-ion and Next-Gen batteries. Within P3 she is an expert for E-Mobility with focus on Li-ion and all-solid-state cells including technology and cost assessments. Before working for P3, Ines has gained her Master・スfs degree in Business Chemistry at the University of Ulm.

David Mitlin, PhD, David Allen Cockrell Professor in Engineering, University of Texas Austin

David Mitlin is a Cockrell Endowed Professor at the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that, he was a Professor and General Electric Chair at Clarkson University, and an Assistant, Associate, and full Professor at the University of Alberta, Alberta Canada. Dr. Mitlin is an ISI Highly Cited Researcher (top 0.1% by impact in field), having published about one hundred and seventy-five journal articles on various aspects of energy storage materials, metallurgy, and corrosion. He also holds twelve granted U.S. patents and fifteen more pending full applications, with all of them licensed currently or in the past.

Rana Mohtadi, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Materials Research, Toyota Research Institute of North America

Dr. R. Mohtadi is a Senior Principal Scientist at the materials research department at Toyota Research Institute of North America TRINA and has been in the decarbonization R&D field for over two decades. She has been spearheading and leading research for the creation, design and demonstration of materials for chemical and electrochemical energy storage technologies, including the research of novel battery electrolyte chemistries for liquid and solid-state batteries, and has contributed important advancements in these areas. She has published influential research and has been awarded over 30 patents. Notable recognitions include receiving the R&D100 award (2011) and being named in ・スg40 under 40・スh by the Automotive and Crain・スfs news (2014). She was recognized and showed cased in the ・スgWe Run on Brain Power・スh initiative by the State Governor in 2015 as a face of cutting edge innovation in the State of Michigan, USA.


Michael Sanders, Senior Advisor, Energy, Avicenne Energy

Mike has significant energy storage materials value chain understanding with an emphasis on lithium-ion batteries and systems with 13 years of market knowledge and relationships. Successful program leadership experience with significant business growth in ventures and existing businesses with a proven track record leading mergers and acquisition teams to enter the lithium-ion battery materials market. He joined AVICENNE in May of 2016 as a Senior Advisor. Since joining the AVICENNE team, Mike has been leading the US AVICENNE activity working with many clients holding strategy workshops, validation of growth opportunities, helping clients establish their growth plans in energy storage, and establishing M&A targets/diligence. Before joining AVICENNE, Mike had a very long career with DuPont, his most recent role was the Global Marketing Director – Energy Storage Venture where he developed significant understanding and insights for the energy storage materials market, device manufacturing, and systems while leading global marketing and customer interface efforts to establish programs to enter the $20B energy storage materials market. Executed strategic and market planning for opportunity evaluation, research, choices, and M&A activity for entry into rapidly growing new market. He has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Delaware and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Electrochemical Society.

Robert Stanek, Global Advisor, Business Strategy & Alternative Powertrains, P3 Automotive GmbH

Robert Stanek studied Business Management and Production Technology at the University of Stuttgart. He joined P3 in 2012 as an automotive consultant and worked before for major TIER1s and vehicle manufacturers in the technical sales and controlling departments. Since 2017 Robert is Partner at P3 and responsible for the e-mobility expertise with focus on electric powertrain systems and batteries. His projects encompass among other things cost analysis of batteries, technical benchmarking of e-powertrain components and charging technologies as well as strategic analysis・スf for M&A and due diligence activities leading players in Asia, North America and Europe. Current projects and investigations include the activation of European battery material supply chains, the production and equipment planning for li-ion battery cells and electric motors and the ongoing consolidation of players in the charging industry to establish convenient fast charging networks.

Nuria Tapia Ruiz, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London

Nuria graduated in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona. After this, she pursued her PhD studies in hydrogen storage materials at the University of Glasgow. She started her work on batteries after joining the research group of Sir Prof Bruce where after a year, she took up the role of Team leader of the Sodium-ion battery team. Nuria started her independent career at Lancaster University in 2017 and her research group and lab moved to Imperial College London in 2022. Her research group consists of a multidisciplinary team of students and postdocs with an interest in the Physics and Chemistry of Materials for Energy Storage, primarily in the area of sustainable rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.

Adrian Tylim, Head Business Development North America, Blue Solutions

Adrian Tylim is responsible for driving USA and America・スfs market at Blue Solutions, a Bolloré company. He has broad experience with renewable energy technologies as an engineer, designer, project, and business developer. He was part of NASA・スfs space station solar power module team, worked on various California wind energy projects, and was responsible for business development for a leading German solar engineering firm. As a sustainability champion, he designed a solution to eliminate landfills and economically produce renewable energy from waste. He earned an MS in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona and a BS in Applied Physics from California State University.

Masanobu Uchimura, Senior Manager, Nissan Advanced Technology Center Silicon Valley, Nissan North America Inc

Masanobu Uchimura is a Senior Manager at Nissan Advanced Technology Center Silicon Valley and a researcher specializing in nanomaterials and electrochemistry. He is engaged in battery system design utilizing telematics data, and materials research related to batteries and CO2 reduction using materials informatics.

Steven Visco, PhD, CEO & CTO, PolyPlus Battery

Steven Visco is the Chief Executive Officer, CTO, and founder of PolyPlus Battery Company in Berkeley, California, as well as a Guest Scientist in the Materials Science Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Steven J. Visco currently holds 127 U.S. patents, more than 200 international patents and has authored over 80 journal articles, as well as books, monographs and other publications. Dr. Visco graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts in 1977 and received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Brown University in 1982. Dr. Visco then joined the staff at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a Principal Investigator in the Materials Sciences Division in 1984 where his research interests have included advanced batteries and fuel cells. Steven Visco co-founded PolyPlus Battery Company in 1991. In 2013 Dr. Visco was selected by the City of Berkeley for a ・スgVisionary Award・スh for his work in next generation batteries. Steve also serves on the Technical Advisory the CIC Energigune Institute in Miñano, Spain and was awarded the 2011 International Battery Association Award for ・スgOutstanding Contributions to the Development of Lithium-Air and Lithium-Water Batteries.・スh PolyPlus Battery Company was selected by TIME magazine for its 50 Best Inventions of 2011 Issue, and was selected for a Gold Edison Award in 2012. In May 2015 Dr. Visco was elected a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society.

Craig Wohlers, General Manager, Cambridge EnerTech

Since 2014, Craig has served as Executive Director of Conferences for Cambridge Enertech, with primary responsibilities for scientific conference organization and program development within energy market sectors with conferences based in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Previously to joining CII, from its inception in 1998, Craig was the Founder and President of the Knowledge Foundation, a scientific conference and publishing company until it was acquired by CII in 2014. Additionally, Craig was a Director at IBC USA (now Informa), and has previous experience in conference development, publishing and techincal marketing.

Kevin Wujcik, PhD, CTO, R&D, Blue Current Inc.

Kevin Wujcik serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Blue Current, leading the development of the company's fully dry solid-state battery utilizing silicon-active materials. Before joining Blue Current, Kevin worked on the research team at Ford Motor Company, concentrating on battery materials and fuel cell systems research and development. His contributions include being named in over 12 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 9 patents. Kevin earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley, with a thesis centered around lithium-sulfur batteries containing solid polymer electrolytes. Additionally, he holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University, where he contributed to the advancement of novel fuel cell electrode microstructures.

Hui Claire Xiong, PhD, Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University

Professor Hui (Claire) Xiong is a Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Xiong received her BE degree in Applied Chemistry and her MS degree in Solid State Chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology. She received her PhD in Electroanalytical Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. Between 2008 and 2012, she conducted postdoctoral work at Harvard University and Argonne National Laboratory where her research involved electrochemical characterization of micro-fabricated cathode materials for micro-solid oxide fuel cells and the development of novel nanostructured electrode materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. She joined Boise State University in 2012. Dr. Xiong received the NSF CAREER Award in 2015, is the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, a Scialog Fellow, and the Fellow of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies. Dr. Xiong・スfs research focuses on design and development of nanoarchitectured and defect-driven electrode materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries and beyond, ion irradiation effects on electroceramics, mechanistic insights on electrolyte degradation, and in situ and operando characterizations of energy materials.

Sumin Zhu, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, Ampcera, Inc.

Sumin Zhu is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in both technology and business. He worked in leadership roles at several multinational companies, including Bruker, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Vesuvius. Before founding Ampcera, he co-founded and led the fast growth of MSE Supplies, which has become a well-known supplier of advanced materials and laboratory products with more than 30,000 customers worldwide. In 2017, Sumin and his co-founders started Ampcera with the mission to commercialize advanced solid electrolyte materials and accelerate the development of next-generation high-performance lithium batteries. Sumin earned his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (Ceramics) from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He also completed an MBA-level marketing strategy program from Cornell University and an executive business program from the Wharton School. Sumin is passionate about creating winning products and services with commercial success and making our world smarter, healthier, and more sustainable.