Our Team
Bonded by a passion for clean energy and climate change, our team is made up of world-class innovators, creators, and industry experts.
Founders
Vivas Kumar
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Chirranjeevi Gopal
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
William Chueh
Chief Scientific Advisor and Co-Founder; Professor of Material Science at Stanford University
Board of Directors
Elan Frantz
Alpha Wave Global - EIR
Denise Gray
Independent
John Du
GM Ventures
Will Drewery
Independent
Chamath Palihapitiya
Social Capital
William Chueh
Chief Scientific Advisor and Co-Founder; Professor of Material Science at Stanford University
Vivas Kumar
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Advisory Board
Alan Nelson
VP of Technology at SLB, Former - Redwood Materials, Johnson Matthey, and Dow Chemical
Pulakesh Mukherjee
Ex-BASF, Managing Partner – Imperative Ventures
Yuan Gao
Former CEO, Pulead Former Technical VP, Livent Board Director, Lithium Americas
Linda Nazar
Professor at University of Waterloo
Executive & Management Team
Andrea Bowring
Sr Manager, Metrology
Heather Medina
Head of People & Grant Administration
Kipil Lim
Sr Mgr, Technical Partnerships
Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff
Head of Commercial
Oliver Hickman
Lab Manager
Peter Csernica
Staff Scientist
Prateek Mehta
Sr Manager, Acceleration
Ross Kirschner
General Counsel
Vikas Kante
Head of Finance
Wesley Michaels
Sr Mgr, Technical Programs
Woojin Cho
Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships
Xiaofei Ye
Head of Industrialization
