Keynote: Dr. Jeff Dahn
NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair, Dalhousie University
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 on increasing the energy density, improving the lifetime and lowering the cost of lithium ion batteries. He is the author of over 640 refereed journal papers and co-inventor of 65 inventions with patents issued or filed.
Jeff Dahn has always interacted strongly with industry. During his years at Simon Fraser University (90-96) he collaborated strongly with the R+D team at NEC/Moli Energy Canada (Now E-One/Moli Energy Canada). Dr. Dahn took up the NSERC/3M Canada Industrial Research Chair in Materials for Advanced Batteries at Dalhousie University in 1996 and held that position until 2016. In June 2016, Dr. Dahn began a 5-year research partnership with Tesla Motors/Energy as an NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair.
Professor Jeff Dahn at Dalhousie University is a world-renowned battery scientist and NSERC/Tesla Canada Chair,
Keynote: Prof. Stanley Whittingham
2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Stanley Whittingham is a SUNY distinguished professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering at Binghamton and the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Laureate. He received his BA and D Phil degrees in chemistry from Oxford University, where he is an honorary Fellow of New College. He has been active in Li-batteries since 1971 when he won the Young Author Award of the Electrochemical Society for his work on beta-alumina. In 1972, he joined Exxon and discovered the role of intercalation in battery reactions, which resulted in the first commercial lithium rechargeable batteries that were built by Exxon Enterprises.
Prof. Stanley Whittingham, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In 1988 he returned to academia at Binghamton University (SUNY) to initiate a program in materials chemistry. In 2018 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering and received the Turnbull Award from MRS. He is an Honorary Member of the Electrochemical Society; Foreign Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, Honorary Fellow of New College, Oxford; Fellow of the Royal Society, of MRS, ISE and ICDD. Presently his research addresses pushing lithium batteries to their limits and in assisting in creating an American lithium battery industry; he is the Director of the NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES) and of Battery-NY. He is on the leadership team of the two US battery consortia, NYBEST and NAATBatt.
Martin Beermann
Senior Scientist, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
Martin Beermann is a process engineer and key researcher for life cycle analysis at Joanneum Research - Life Institute for Climate, Energy Systems and Society in Austria. He has many years of experience in the field of sustainable transport systems, electromobility and hydrogen. In current projects he accompanies research and companies in the transition to climate-neutral production.
Martin Beermann Senior Scientist at Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
Dr. Marzi Barghamadi
Research Scientist-Batteries, CSIRO Manufacturing
Dr. Barghamadi has completed her PhD on lithium sulfur batteries in 2016 at Swinburne University of Technology in collaboration with CSIRO. She was also involved in a commercial project on batteries with an International Aerospace company as Research Technician at CSIRO during 2016. In her current position as Experimental Scientist she is working on different aspects of energy storage devices (mainly lithium metal and lithium ion batteries) encompassing electrodes fabrication, electrolytes optimisation, materials characterisation, cell/ battery prototyping and testing, and data analysis. She is also supervising postgraduate students for their research on lithium batteries, managing battery prototyping laboratory and leading projects on lithium batteries.
Dr. Marzi Barghamadi Research Scientist-Batteries, CSIRO Manufacturing
Harry Fisher
Project Manager, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Harry Fisher is a Project Manager at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence in the Forecasting and Consultancy Division. He supports clients with market analysis and strategic decisions throughout the lithium-ion value chain, with a particular focus on nickel and cobalt. Harry has more than seven years of experience in commodity markets in both consultancy and analytical roles.
Harry Fisher Project Manager, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
John Kincaide
President, Boulderwood Holdings Inc. dba , 2ndLife Batteries®
In January 2010, John Kincaide founded in Toronto what became WeRecycleBatteries.com and, a battery recycling brokerage business that has recycled millions of Kgs of batteries of all major types from across Canada and the USA.
In 2016, after inventorying a large amount of backup power scrap lead-acid batteries, he realized most of them were reusable. John started 2ndLife Batteries® in early 2017. He is currently, co-chair for the NAATBatt, Recycling, Trace-Exchange, and Second-Life committees, and past Silver Member of the NAATBatt board of Directors.
President Boulderwood Holdings Inc. dba, 2ndLife Batteries®
Hans Eric Melin
Managing Director, Circular Energy Storage, UK
Hans Eric Melin is the founder and managing director of Circular Energy Storage, a London-based consultancy specialised on the end-of-life market for lithium-ion batteries. Hans Eric has spent more than 15 years working with reuse and recycling of batteries in both Europe and North America.
He is frequently quoted in media on the battery industry and is also an active contributor to academic research with articles published in publications such as Nature and Science.
Hans Eric Melin, Managing Director, Circular Energy Storage
Dr. Venkat Viswanathan
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Carnegie Mellon University
Venkat Viswanathan received his PhD at Stanford University in 2013 and subsequently spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT. At Carnegie Mellon, he leads an interdisciplinary group of ~30 researchers working on technologies that can accelerate the transition to sustainable transportation and aviation.
He has broad expertise in materials related to Li-ion batteries, next-generation technologies such as solid-state batteries, Li-air batteries. He is also an expert on the topic of synergies between autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles. He has been a technical consultant for several startups.
Venkat Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Carnegie Mellon University
Moderator
Dr. Parvin Adeli
Manager, Batteries, Nickel Institute
Parvin contributes her expertise to ensure the benefits of nickel in lithium-ion batteries are well understood. With extensive experience in the field of energy storage, she has made significant contributions to the area of solid electrolytes through her fundamental knowledge in inorganic material synthesis and its application to both Li-ion and Na-ion energy storage devices.
Prior to joining the Nickel Institute, Parvin held a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) where she worked on energy storage material formulation and optimization particularly on solid-state batteries (SSB) and composite electrolyte materials. She also led the NRC portion of the collaborative project ‘AI driven design and development of SSB electrolytes for consumer electronics’.
Dr. Parvin Adeli, Manager, Batteries, Nickel Institute