Wentao Li

Wentao Li has extensive experience in the battery engineering field. In 2008, they began working as a Senior Research Scientist and Project Manager at BASF. While there, they helped lead the Suzhou technical team in China on their development and technical projects. In 2016, they became a Principal Scientist at SolidEnergy Systems. In 2017, they founded and became the CEO of LiBAMA LLC, where they commercialized bi-functional Advanced Metal Anodes (AMA) materials for rechargeable lithium metal battery. In 2018, they became the Director of Battery Engineering at BrightVolt, where they managed a team of scientists/engineers and directed prototype development of BrightVolt’s Polymer Matrix Electrolyte (PME) based solid state batteries.

Wentao Li has a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Tsinghua University, a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Chemistry from the University of Rhode Island, and has served as a Postdoctoral Associate at Materials Science and Engineering at both Rutgers University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.