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George Crabtree, PhD, Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne National Laboratory

George Crabtree is Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage (JCESR) at Argonne National Laboratory, and a Distinguished Professor of Physics, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). He leads research on creating next-generation electricity storage technology beyond Lithium-ion batteries. He has directed workshops for the Department of Energy on energy science and technology, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and has testified before the U.S. Congress on the hydrogen economy, on meeting sustainable energy challenges, on the prospects for next-generation electrical energy storage, and on accelerating energy storage on the electricity grid.