Cellmates by Lumicity
Episodes
CIBI Episode 7: What’s Next for CIBI
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this closing episode, we sit down with Dean Hossein Haj-Hariri to reflect on the major themes of the series and look ahead to the future of CIBI. W...
CIBI Ep.6 - Phenogy and the Power of Partnerships
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode spotlights Phenogy, with CEO PeterBraun and Director North America Suzanne Dickerson,exploring how industry partnerships accelerate energ...
CIBI Episode 5: Strategic Partnership Spotlight: Siemens
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we speak with Sam Phillips, Digital Strategies Lead at Siemens, about the company’s role in driving innovation at the inters...
CIBI Episode 4: Building South Carolina’s Clean Energy Ecosystem – Inside SC Nexus with Cristina Paredes
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's exciting episode spotlights SC Nexus, a key player in building the collaborative ecosystem surrounding CIBI. We talk with one of the ...
CIBI Episode 3 - Alumni Success: Guiding a Fast Growing Industry
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode highlights how USC alumni are driving impact across national labs and industry.We hear from:Drew Pereira, NREL – early-career re...
CIBI Episode 2 – USC Research: Faculty at the Forefront of Innovation
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2 of our CIBI Series, we turn the spotlight on the University of South Carolina (USC) faculty driving battery and energy storage research f...
NENY Charge Up Series: Part 1 - The cohort
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with the leaders of 6 companies driving innovation in battery technology and energy storage, and carefully selected for the ...
Building CIBI: South Carolina’s New Hub for Battery Innovation
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode launches our special 7-part series on the Carolina Istitute for Battery Innovation (CIBI), founded in 2024 and adding to South Carolina’...
Current collectors, the often times overlooked; key cog to battery performance - Addionics
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Moshiel Biton, CEO of Addionics, to explore a battery component that rarely gets attention but plays a crucial role in performance: ...
"From founding a business in the midst of Covid to creating and securing contracts for PEM Fuel cells within the Defense sector - Celadyne"
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Gary Ong, CEO of Celadyne Technologies, to hear the story of building a startup in one of the toughest markets — clean hydrogen and...
NENY Charge Up Series - Bandhana Katoch & Andy Simon - Ep. 1
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode kicks off our new Charge Up Series , following 6 start-ups in the NENY Charge Up Accelerator — a program created to strengthen domestic...
Georgia Network for Electric mobility, The flourishing electrification within the Peach state - GNEM
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re joined by Gabrielle Pierre (裴家佳), Executive Director of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM), to discuss how Georg...
Data Analysis within Battery Manufacturing & Women in Batteries - PDF Solutions
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Nika Ptushkina of PDF Solutions about how data analytics is transforming battery manufacturing and why representation m...
Developing Market-leading Specialty Chemicals for the Energy Storage Industry - Octet Scientific
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, co-hosts Mike Norton and Jackson Lyons sit down with Emily Dickens, Chief Commercial Officer at Octet Scientific, to explore how her ...
Building a 50,000 Tonne Lithium facility in North America - Stardust Power
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re joined by Roshan Pujari, founder and CEO of Stardust Power, a fast-rising player in the American battery-grade lithium refini...
From Gold to Batteries: Applying Mining Success to Battery Recycling - Battery Metals Inc.
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discussions with Derek Ramsell, co‑founder of Battery Metals Inc, on how he’s applying his hard-won experience in the gold mining industry to revo...
Grit, Growth & Grid Storage: Xerion’s Journey Through Battery R&D Challenges
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Busbee, a member of Xerion’s leadership team, talks about the long and winding road of building a cleantech company; sharing candid reflectio...
Battery Finance: Funding, Valuation & Industry Trends - Gaussion
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Wade offers a deep dive into the financial landscape of the battery industry, sharing unique perspectives on investment strategies, valuation tr...
Bridging Science & Software: The Path to AI-Driven Battery Innovation - Micantis
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Norton and James Lang sit down with Mykela DeLuca, a battery data scientist and product manager at Micantis, to explore her transition from ph...
Leading in Lithium: Microporous secure $100M in DOE-Backed Battery Innovation
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Reed, VP of Corporate Development at Microporous (the U.S. leader in lithium-ion battery separator technology) shares his career journey, the sto...
Building the BIC: Les Alexander on Scaling Public–Private Battery Innovation in the US
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A talk with Les Alexander, President & CEO of the Battery Innovation Center (BIC), exploring how the BIC is shaping the future of US battery R&...
Adena Power - Neil Kidner
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil brings over 14 years of expertise building US based energy business's to talk about his collaborative solutions and the changing landscape of...
Voltaiq - Tal Sholklapper
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tal founded Voltaiq in 2012 and is joining us to discuss the growth and journey of Voltaiq! His background as a creative materials engineer, he has a ...
Nanotech Energy - Curt Collar
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curt Collar joins us from Nanotech to talk to us all about their market leading graphene powere batteries! Curtis Collar - Nanotech
Ayrton Energy - Natasha Kostenuk
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A thrilling insight from Natasha about her journey and the rapid evolution of her idea of fuel cell transportation that has led to an extremely exciti...
Liminal (Dennis Yu)
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ultrasound devices working to help identify battery defects? A journey from a community college graduate to a director of Engineering? Hear all of tha...
Lumafield - Eduardo Torrealba
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-Founder of Lumafield joins us to discuss their product portfolio and how he helped them build best in class battery scanning machines!
Cellmates - Kris Gustafson (American Battery Technology)
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A great episode highlighting Kris's nomadic journey and how that has positioned him in a perfect way to help ABTC become the leading force they have b...
Cellmates - Jesse Benck (Sublime Systems)
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse joins us to discuss Sublime Systems & their recent announcements and partnerships to make sustainable cement! I know this is not technicall...
Cellmates - Peter Attia (Glimpse)
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter joins us from Glimpse to talk about his journey through Tesla, juggling startup ownership and fatherhood & why Glimpse will make a huge impa...
Cellmates - Valentin Sulzer (Ionworks)
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Valentin joins us to discuss the growth of his opensource platform that is designed to help battery modeling experts and novices alike across the worl...
Cellmates - Daniel Li (SES AI)
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Li joins us to talk through his journey within automotive batteries and the impact SES AI will have!
Cellmates - Rajan Kumar - (Ateios)
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Raj joins to discuss the groundbreaking product that is planned to disrupt the battery market, the difficulties with scaling a startup & more.
Cellmates - Ariel Jackson (Found Energy)
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Solving the energy crisis with cans of Coca-cola, Ariel Jackson talks us through his journey & his current chalenge as CSO of found energy! A very...
Cellmates - Taylor Juran (NantG)
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor joins us to discuss her journey of managing the balancing act of having a chemical and business focused input into a business and the journey t...
Cellmates - Robert Mitchell (CPI)
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert joins us from United Kingdon to discuss the future of battery technology and ones to watch!
Cellmates - Andrew Weng (Ex-Tesla)
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew joins us this week to talk through his journey as an early-stage tesla employee through to his pathway into academia.
Cellmates - Bob Gowell (Amandarry)
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Gowell joins us to talk about the well-established Chinese Na-Ion business and its launch in the USA as Sodium Power. AMANDARRY Company News - N...
Cellmates - Claudiu Bucur (Piersica)
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claudiu Bucur joins us from Piersica. Claudiu brings us his unique mindset on what it takes to launch the best battery.