Meet the TEAM
Team
Benson Lam, PhD
CEO
25 yrs of business management encompassing engineering development, product commercialization, licensing, & P&L management
Former SVP & GM at Qualcomm
Majid Talebi, PhD
CSO
15 years of experience in battery technologies, R&D, and scale-up processes towards manufacturing
Former Staff Material Engineer at Rivian
Weikang Li, PhD
CTO
10 yrs in cathode synthesis, modification, and recycling
Research Scientist, UC San Diego
Sara Mohammadiasl
Cell Materials Engineer
MS in Chemical Engineering with experience in battery technologies, R&D, and manufacturing processes
Formerly with Tesla
Zheng Chen, PhD
Executive Advisor
15 yrs in recycling & sustainable battery technologies
Co-founder of Unigrid
Associate Professor, UC San Diego
Randall Burger
Cell Materials Engineer
MS in Nanoengineering with experience in battery materials, R&D, characterization, and process development
Formerly with UCSD
Board of Advisors
Shirley Meng, PhD
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20 yrs in energy technologies
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Chief Scientist of ACCESS at ANL
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Co-founder of Unigrid & South 8
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Professor, U of Chicago
Anthony M. Stiegler, JD
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Strategic advisor, climate smart agriculture, and carbon draw down
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Former partner at Cooley LLP
Derek K Aberle, JD
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Co-founder & vice chairman of XCOM Labs
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CEO of Prospector Capital Corp
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Former president of Qualcomm and head of its licensing program
Mike Ferry
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Director of Energy Storage & Systems at UC San Diego
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Co-Founder of Smartville Inc
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Former COO of Oxygen Initiative