Steve Visco

Steve Visco, Ph.D., is the Co-founder, CTO, and CEO of PolyPlus. He is an internationally recognized expert in lithium batteries and fuel cells. Dr. Visco currently holds more than 100 U.S. patents, over 200 international patents, and has authored close to 100 journal articles. He has also authored a number of books, monographs and other publications.

In addition to his accomplishments as a founder and lithium better expert, he has successfully raised $45M in government contracts and grant awards, serves on numerous scientific committees and panel, and directed research leading to recognition of PolyPlus by TIME magazine and a Gold Edison Award in 2012.

He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a Ph.D in Chemistry from Brown University, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California in Santa Barbara before joining the staff at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he ran several programs in the field of solid state ionics, developing an extensive patent portfolio, much of which has been licensed to industry.