Two energy experts join Stoicheia s scientific advisory board Daniel Schrag, Chris Wolverton join materials discovery tech startup
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11 May 2021, 06:07 GMT+10
SKOKIE, Ill. World-renowned scientists Daniel Schrag and Christopher Wolverton have joined Stoicheia s Scientific Advisory Board, the new tech startup announced today.
A MacArthur Genius Fellow, Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and professor of environmental science and engineering at Harvard University, where he studies Earth s climate history in order to understand current climate challenges and mitigate future climate change. As co-director of Harvard s Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Schrag has worked on a range of issues facing advanced energy technologies, including applications for low-carbon fuel and carbon capture and storage.
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Stoicheia Announces Scientific Advisory Board
March 15, 2021 GMT
SKOKIE, Ill. (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 15, 2021
Stoicheia, a new technology startup that uses a nanotechnology-based approach to ultrahigh throughput materials discovery, today announced the first four members of its scientific advisory board.
Bringing expertise in nanotechnology, materials science and clean energy, Richard Crooks, Vinayak Dravid, Edward Sargent and Peidong Yang joined the Stoicheia team, effective February 17.
With the ability to perform millions of experiments simultaneously, Stoicheia’s technology can rapidly identify new materials with ideal properties for numerous applications, including for the energy, transportation, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.
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