Mohammad Norouzi Banis

Mohammad Norouzi Banis is an accomplished advanced cell engineer currently employed at General Motors since July 2024. Previously, as a principal battery engineer at Our Next Energy (ONE), and in various roles at Rivian and Albemarle Corporation, Mohammad specialized in battery materials development and optimization, including lithium salts and solid-state cells. Key contributions include leading projects from ideation to pilot production, performing root-cause analysis of battery cells, and developing advanced anode materials for polymer-based batteries. With experience as a research engineer in solid-state battery design and characterization at Johnson Matthey, and as a visiting research scientist at the Canadian Light Source, Mohammad has a strong research background in energy materials, bolstered by a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering and Science from Western University.