New Ventures in Energy Storage

Boston Entrepreneurs and Advanced Degrees will be hosting a panel discussion on starting a company in the energy storage/clean technology space.

We are thrilled to have four great panelists and a terrific moderator for this event.

Moderator: Ben Hemani (Braemer Energy Ventures)

Panelists:
Yingchao Yu, Ph.D. (Lionano Inc.)
Bryan McGowan (OpenWater Power)
David Bradwell (Ambri)
Rick Chamberlain (Boston Power)

Where: Biolabs 1080 (Harvard University)
16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
When: 6:30PM, April 7th

RSVP:

http://bit.ly/1AgT9Rw

(Bios below)

Ben Hemani is an analyst on the investment team at Braemer. Prior to joining Braemar, Ben worked as a consultant in the Energy practice at Charles River Associates, an economics consultancy. At CRA Ben worked on a variety of topics including commercialization strategy for a renewable energy startup, power asset valuation, energy market forecasting, regulatory proceeding support and energy procurement strategy for a major industrial consumer. Ben holds a Master of Engineering Management (M.E.M.) from Dartmouth with a focus in Energy & The Environment, an A.B. from Dartmouth College in Engineering Science modified with Economics and a B.E. in Environmental Engineering. While an undergraduate Ben raced on the Men’s Varsity Lightweight Crew Team and the Cycling Team.

Dr. Alex Yu is the CEO and co-founder of Lionano Inc. He is the co-inventor of several battery technologies, and has 10+ years research experience in renewable energy prior in founding Lionano. Since 2013, he has been leading Lionano team to commercialize advanced battery technology. He has published 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers and filed 4 US patents, all of which are exclusively focused on clean technology. He has received more than 850 citations and served as a peer-reviewer for 20 international journals, and has a H-index of 14 (Google Scholar). He is the recipient of 4 international and 2 national awards in nanomaterial research and clean technologies such as Material Research Society Gold Medal. Dr. Yu graduated with a PhD degree in the field of electrochemistry from the Abruña group in Cornell University and has a B.S. degree from Xiamen University, China.

David Bradwell leads the technical team at Ambri to develop the liquid metal battery technology, with a focus on creating a low cost and effective storage technology to meet the performance and cost requirements for large-scale energy storage applications. The project has raised over $60M in funding, including early funding from The Despande Center at MIT, ARPA-E (DoE), and three round of venture financing for Ambri Inc. from Bill Gates, Total SA, Khosla Ventures, KLP Enterprises, and GVB.
David earned a BSc in Engineering Physics from Queen's University, and an MEng and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2010, he received a TR35 award for being a top innovator under 35 from Technology Review Magazine.

Dr. Chamberlain is a recognized expert in lithium-ion batteries with 15 years of experience in the industry. Part of the original Boston-Power team, Dr. Chamberlain leads intellectual property development focused on the commercialization of lithium-ion cell and battery technology and products, including development of lithium-ion batteries for application into electric vehicles. At Boston-Power, Dr. Chamberlain has led efforts building infrastructure to establish and maintain high quality manufactured products. Dr. Chamberlain’s research includes work on a wide range of technologies for lithium-ion batteries, including materials, mechanical designs, safety components and manufacturing processes. Prior to Boston-Power, Dr. Chamberlain served as a technical leader at Arthur D. Little/TIAX LLC where he led activities focused on the lithium-ion industry and including technology development, market analysis, and business strategy. Dr. Chamberlain routinely participates in leading lithium-ion conferences, is the author of numerous research articles appearing in leading academic journals, and has been granted multiple worldwide patents. Dr. Chamberlain earned his BS in Chemistry from the College of William & Mary; and his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Chamberlain joined Boston-Power in 2006.