Steven Chu is Professor of Physics, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He received the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for laser cooling and trapping of atoms. Other contributions include the first optical tweezers manipulation of
Chris was born in Esher, England and was raised by his mother, Audrey, in Malvern Wells surrounded by the quintessential English countryside, a place he would continue to enjoy throughout his life. At the age of thirteen Chris enrolled at RGS Worcester
Prof. Feng Pan, National 1000-plan Professor, Founding Dean ofSchool of Advanced Materials，Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Director of National Center of Electric Vehicle PowerBattery and Materials for International Research, got B.S. from Dept. Chemistry, Peking University in1985 and PhD from Dept. of
M. Stanley Whittingham is a leader in the development of new synthetic approaches and new materials. He was a research vice provost at University from 1994 until 2000. Additionally, he was the Research Foundation of the State University of New York’s Vice-Chair. Furthermore,
Andreas was a chemist and medical doctor. He received his PhD in electrochemistry from the ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) in 2010. After a postdoc stay at MIT in the field of lithium-air and catalysis 2010-11 he joined the group
Dr. Minhua Shao is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Associate Director of the Energy Institute at HKUST. He earned BS and MS degrees in chemistry from Xiamen University, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering
Eric D. Wachsman is Director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research, with appointments as Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of
Dr. Martin Winter has been researching in the field of electrochemical energy storage and conversion for 25 years. He focuses on the development of new materials, components and cell designs for batteries and supercapacitors, in particular lithium-ion batteries. Martin Winter currently holds a
Jeff Dahn is recognized as one of the pioneering developers of the lithium-ion battery that is now used worldwide in laptop computers and cell-phones. Dahn’s recent work has concentrated extending the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries so they last decades. He is the
Mr. Duong currently manages the Advanced Battery Materials Research (BMR) Program and the Battery500 Consortium at the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). The BMR program conducts battery research with a strong emphasis on developing, modeling and conducting diagnostics for new materials. These materials