Meet the TEAM
Team
Benson Lam, PhD
CEO
25 yrs of business management encompassing engineering development, product commercialization, licensing, & P&L management
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Former SVP & GM at Qualcomm
Majid Talebi, PhD
VP of Technology
15 years of experience in battery technologies, R&D, and scale-up processes towards manufacturing
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Former Staff Material Engineer at Rivian
Weikang Li, PhD
CTO
10 yrs in cathode synthesis, modification, and recycling
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Research Scientist, UC San Diego
Sara Mohammadiasl
Cell Materials Engineer
MS in Chemical Engineering with experience in battery technologies, R&D, and manufacturing processes​​
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Formerly with Tesla
Zheng Chen, PhD
CSO
15 yrs in recycling & sustainable battery technologies
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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​​
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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