Younes Ansari

Younes Ansari has worked in various roles in the energy storage industry since 2013. In 2013, they were a Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin, where they developed flexible, mechanically robust, and dendrite-blocking polymer electrolytes for lithium and sodium batteries, prepared grant proposals, and developed cathode materials for lithium and sodium batteries in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 2015, they were a Consultant at A123 Systems Inc. and a Senior Postdoctoral Associate and member of Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, they developed, characterized, and performed electrochemical analysis on novel polymer encapsulated sulfur nano-composites for lithium sulfur batteries, invented a new strategy to produce high energy-density and high areal-capacity lithium battery, and collaborated with research scientists at Argonne National Laboratory on extended cycle-life lithium sulfur battery projects. Younes also supervised undergraduate students and mentored graduate students on their JCESR's lithium sulfur battery project. In 2016, they joined IBM as a Research Scientist, conducting research on various types of secondary batteries and interacting with clients and various levels of management. In 2018, they joined Enevate Corporation as an Associate Director, Principal Scientist, and Senior Scientist.

Younes Ansari began their education with a PostDoctoral degree in Materials Science and Engineering/Electrochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Younes then went on to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Materials Science/Electrochemistry from Arizona State University from 2009 to 2013. Ansari then returned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to obtain a Teaching Certificate for Scientists and Engineers in April 2016.