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Meet the TEAM

Executive Team

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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 of Qualcomm

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Weikang Li, PhD

CTO

10 yrs in cathode synthesis, modification, and recycling.

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Research Scientist, UC San Diego

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Zheng Chen, PhD

CSO

15 yrs in recycling &  sustainable battery technologies

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Co-founder of Unigrid

Associate Professor, UC San Diego

Board of Advisors

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Shirley Meng, PhD

 

  • 20 yrs in energy technologies

  • Chief Scientist of ACCESS at ANL

  • Co-founder of Unigrid & South 8

  • Professor, U of Chicago

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Derek K Aberle, JD

 

  • Co-founder & vice chairman of XCOM Labs

  • CEO of Prospector Capital Corp

  • Former president of Qualcomm and head of its licensing program

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Mike Ferry

 

  • Director of Energy Storage & Systems at UC San Diego

  • Co-Founder of Smartville Inc

  • Former COO of Oxygen Initiative

 

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