Tucson, Arizona, United States
Create, acquire and protect foundational technology in core business areas. Support Enterprise Research & Technology (R&T) with customer-relevant battery testing. Direct targeted fundamental studies in strategic technologies from flame retardants to energy storage materials. Develop and maintain comprehensive IP strategies across R&T. Monitor external technology developments to identify opportunities and threats. Build targeted external partnerships to accelerate innovation. Lead R&T HSE at Kings Mountain site. Create a single unified and engaged R&T organization at Kings Mountain.
Current Projects: Project leader for Battery Materials Advanced Technology Program. Improving GE’s Durathon sodium metal halide (NaMx) battery performance, life and reliability by developing fundamental understanding of key (electro)chemical mechanisms and operational conditions. His team has pioneered both in-situ and ex-situ techniques for studying Durathon cells leading to improved designs and more robust service life predictions. Principal investigator for a 3-year $5.5MM NYSERDA-sponsored NY-BEST program by that brings together experts from four New York State universities and Brookhaven National Laboratory to develop enabling technologies for next generation NaMx batteries. Previous Projects: Solid-state hydrogen storage (lightweight metal hydrides), thermochemical energy recovery using metal salts, NOx catalyst development.
Graduate Student in Inorganic Chemistry