Co-founder, Chief Scientist and Director of R&D at Influit Energy, LLC. She received her MS degree in Chemistry (2002) and PhD in Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry (2006) from Moscow State University, Russia. Prior to founding a company she followed an academic career path from Postdoctoral Researcher to Principal Chemist at Argonne National Laboratory. She is a leading expert in functional nanofluids, batteries and nanotech engineering, with more than 20 years of hands-on R&D and 10+ years of project management experience. Outstanding record in innovation and discovery: from basic science to process scale-up and prototyping. As principal/co-principal investigator secured $16+ M in competitive research funding. Experienced project manager, agile methodology, technical and team leader with strong analytical skills, R&D strategy, problem solver. I-Corps and CleanTech Open alumnus.AWARDS AND TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS- “40 under 40” award by Midwest Energy News “Emerging Leaders in Energy ’15”;- 5 patents; 70+ highly cited technical papers (>5400 citations, h-index 25, i10-index 40); 4 book chapters, 80+ presentations at professional conferences; - Research highlighted in Nature, TEDxIIT, MIT Technology Review, Aviation Week, Chicago Sun Times, Huffington Post, ChicagoInno, Transforum, Midwest Energy News, etc.SPECIALTYNanotechnology, Material Science, Electrochemistry, Chemistry, Suspensions, Materials Characterizations.PROFESSIONAL INTERESTSR&D in cross-cutting fields of nanotechnology, advanced materials engineering, chemistry and physics; materials structure-property relations; nanoscale engineering of functional materials; development of novel methodologies for materials synthesis and surface modification; in-situ characterization of materials; advanced energy technologies; electrochemical energy storage; process scale-up and manufacturing; technology transfer and commercialization.