Dr. Virden is Associate Laboratory Director for the Energy and Environment Directorate (EED) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He leads a team of 1,000 staff in delivering science and technology solutions for energy and environmental challenges. These challenges include increasing our nation’s

Dr. Takeshi Abe is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, where he also earned his PhD in 1996. A leading global authority in electrochemistry and energy storage, his research

Naoaki Yabuuchi is a professor at Yokohama National University.  He completed his PhD at Osaka City University in 2006 and his postdoc at MIT, with research expertise in the development of new electrode materials and study on reaction mechanisms for high energy

Dr. Chisu Kim Dr. Chisu Kim is the director of Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage (CETEES) at Hydro-Québec, where she is leading the research projects to develop next generation lithium solid-state batteries. Prior to joining Hydro-Québec, she developed lithium-ion

Dr. Venkat Srinivasan is a Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), the Director of the Argonne Center for Collaborative Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) and Deputy Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR, the battery “Hub”). His research interest is in

Dr. Wenjuan Mattis was appointed Chief Technology Officer on July 23, 2021. She joined Microvast, Inc. in 2013 and has served as Microvast’s Chief Technology Officer since January 2018, leading the development of battery materials, cells, modules, and packs from R&D to