Technology Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Peter Lobaccaro joined SETO in November 2018 as an ORISE Science and Technology Policy Fellow, then as a contract Program Analyst starting in 2020, and started as a Technology Manager in August 2022. He leads the development of the American-Made Solar Prize and American-Made Network and supports the strategic development of SETO’s perovskite commercialization program. He also supports a variety of other programs including the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Technology Commercialization Fund, and other team Funding Opportunity Announcements, such as Incubator. Peter is passionate about developing a strong pipeline to transition research developments in the lab to impact the commercial solar industry and developing a support ecosystem for the entrepreneurs walking that path. As such he mainly manages SETO’s awards with small-business and later-stage technology development.
Prior to joining SETO, Peter had a post-doctoral fellowship at the Singapore-Berkeley Research Initiative for Sustainable Energy based at the National University of Singapore where he worked on developing novel catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to value added chemicals. He received his Ph.D. in 2016 in chemical engineering from the University of California Berkeley, where he focused his research on solar fuels and thin film III-V solar materials. He received his B.S. in 2011 from the University of Notre Dame in chemical engineering.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM