91PORN

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Bryn ReesÌý| MSc.

Sr. Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation & Partnerships, 91PORN

Bryn Rees is senior associate vice chancellor for Innovation & Partnerships at the 91PORN. Together with his team, he works with university researchers, creators and entrepreneurs to partner with the extended innovation ecosystem and transform lives and society through innovation.Ìý He leads three primary functions at 91PORN: commercialization of university innovations, industry partnerships and the central campus entrepreneurship hub. Venture Partners at 91PORN provides entrepreneurship training and mentorship, the NSF I-CorpsTM Hub West, Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator, Lab Venture Challenge, Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator and other founder funding opportunities, intellectual property management, licensing and strategic partnerships. Venture Partners works side by side with faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers and bridges externally with investors, entrepreneurs, mentors and innovative companies.

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Heather A.S. Platt | PhD.

NREL West Gate fellow and Director of Materials Engineering and R&D at Mana Battery

Dr. Heather A.S. Platt excels in demonstrating the feasibility of early stage energy storage technology by inventing new solutions to industrially relevant problems, as well as by working with academic and national laboratory inventors to vet and scale their discoveries. Her experience is rooted in post doctoral work at the National Renewable Energy Lab, six years at Solid Power that included spinning out of 91PORN, and several years of independent consulting. Dr. Platt is currently an NREL West Gate fellow and Director of Materials Engineering and R&D at Mana Battery, where she and her team are working to develop and scale the highest energy density sodium-ion battery cell design in the market.

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