Christina Lampe-Önnerud
| Christina Lampe-Önnerud | |
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| Born | February 4, 1967 |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Spouse | Per Önnerud[1] |
 “Power Dynamic: Christina Lampe-Önnerud at TEDxKTH”, 2012, TED Talks | |
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“Innovate46 2015: Special Dialogue - Battery Technology “, Peter Carlsson (Tesla) & Christina Lampe-Önnerud, 2015 |
Maria Christina Lampe-Önnerud (born 4 February 1967) is a Swedish chemist, battery-inventor and entrepreneur.[2] She has founded the companies Boston-Power Inc. (2005-2012) and Cadenza Innovation (initially Cloteam, 2012).[3] She is developing batteries for use in computers,[4] electric vehicles and grid storage.[5] She has received a number of awards, including the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneer Award in 2010, and is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Education
Lampe-Önnerud has a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Calculus and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Uppsala University in Sweden. She then held a postdoctoral appointment at MIT in Cambridge, MA.[6]
Career
While still a doctoral student, Lampe-Onnerud patented a material to increase the power of lithium batteries. She joined Bell Communications Research in New Jersey in 1995, as a director and senior scientist, working on prototypes for thin-film polymer lithium batteries.[7][8] She later became a partner at Arthur D. Little (whose research section was acquired by TIAX). She was in charge of the company's battery labs and developed market evaluations and strategies.[8]
She founded the lithium-ion battery company Boston-Power Inc. in 2005 and owned the company until 2012.[1] It focused on lithium-ion batteries for small personal computing devices.[3]
In 2012, she and her husband Per Önnerud started the company Cloteam[1] later renamed Cadenza Innovation, and based in Oxford, Connecticut.[3][5] She describes Cadenza's 2016 battery design, which involves a ceramic insert in an aluminum container, as "an energy LEGO-brick for engineers".[9] It is intended to be a power source for electric vehicles such as the Tesla car,[3] but could also be used in electrical grids.[9]
Honors and awards
- 2011, Swedish woman of the year ('Årets svenska kvinna'), Swedish Women's Educational Association.[9]
- 2010, Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences ('Kungliga ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien')[10]
- 2010, Private Company CEO of the Year from the MassTLC Leadership Awards[11]
- 2010, Technology Pioneer Award, World Economic Forum[12][13]
- 2010, Sustainable Leadership Award, Swedish Association of Environmental Managers[14]
- 2009, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Clean Tech, New England region[15]
- 2008, Stevie Award for Women in Business as Best Entrepreneur;[16]
- 2008, Top Innovators of 2008, EDN Magazine[17]
- 2007, Mass High Tech Women to Watch[18]
- 2007, DEMOgod™[19]
- 2002, 100 Top Young Innovators, MIT's Technology Review[7][20]
Popular culture
Christina Lampe-Önnerud presented an episode of the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 on 25 June 2012.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Resende, Patricia (August 22, 2013). "EV battery startup Cloteam gets $3.5M DOE award". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- 1 2 Sveriges Radio. "Christina Lampe-Önnerud". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Engel, Jeff (July 29, 2016). "Boston-Power Vets Take New Approach With Battery Startup Cadenza". XConomy. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Energy Entrepreneurs". BizTech. March 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Cadenza Innovation Member Spotlight". New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST™) Consortium. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Winter 2012 Distinguished Speakers and Innovators Seminar: Christina Lampe-Onnerud". Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- 1 2 "2002 Innovators under 35: Christina Lampe-Onnerud, 34". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Christina Lampe-Onnerud". XConomy. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 Bederoff, Jill (28 Jul 2016). "The Queen of Batteries unveils her new invention that can increase the range of Teslas by 70%". Business Insider Nordic. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Olle Zachrison - olle.zachrison@svd.se. "Ny kolumnist: Christina Lampe-Önnerud". SvD.se. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Rodney (November 4, 2010). "MassTLC honors Hatsopoulos, Lampe-Önnerud, other tech leaders". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Schenker, Jennifer L. (December 3, 2009). "WEF Announces 2010 Tech Pioneers". Bloomberg Technology. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Boston-Power CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud Accepts 2010 Technology Pioneer Award at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting". Business Wire. January 26, 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Wambold, Randy (April 21, 2010). "Boston-Power Founder Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud Earns Northern Europe's Top Sustainable Leadership Award". Business Wire. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ernst & Young Seeks New England's Exceptional Entrepreneurs". Business NH Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Boston Power". Stevie Awards, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Conner, Margery (2008-06-27). "Lithium Ion Batteries prepare to take a giant leap forward". EDN Magazine. p. 12. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Mass High Tech fetes Women to Watch". Boston Business Journal. March 9, 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Boston-Power CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud Named DEMO 07 DEMOgod™". Business Wire. February 2, 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ "Business Impact 2002 TR100". MIT Technology Review. June 1, 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2017.