Department Head, Energy Storage Technology and Systems
Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Dr. Babu Chalamala is a Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories. From 2015-2022, he was Head of the Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department and Program Manager for Grid Energy Storage at the lab. Prior to joining Sandia in 2015, he was a Corporate Fellow at MEMC Electronic Materials where he led R&D and product development in energy storage technology. Before that, he had founding roles in two startup ventures commercializing large format lithium batteries and digital x-ray sources. Earlier, as a research staff member at Motorola and Texas Instruments, he made significant contributions to vacuum microelectronics and flat panel display technologies. Dr. Chalamala is a Fellow of the IEEE, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Inventors. He also has leadership roles in the Materials Research Society. He served as Chair of the IEEE PES Energy Storage and Stationary Battery Committee. He is also a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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