Christina Lampe-Önnerud

Maria Christina Lampe-Önnerud (born 4 February 1967) is a Swedish inorganic chemist, battery-inventor and entrepreneur.[3] She has founded the companies Boston-Power Inc. (2005-2012) and Cadenza Innovation (initially Cloteam, 2012).[4] She is developing batteries for use in computers,[5] electric vehicles and grid storage.[6] 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. Lampe-Önnerud has many interests, including opera singing, jazz dancing, playing the cello, and choir directing.[1][7]

Christina Lampe-Önnerud
Born(1967-02-04)February 4, 1967
Sweden[1]
NationalitySwedish
Alma materB.S.Uppsala University, M.S., Ph.D.Uppsala University[1]
Spouse(s)Per Önnerud[2]
Awards17 patents (2018)[1]
Swedish Woman of the Year(2011)
Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (2010)
Technology Pioneer Award (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic Chemistry, Power Generation
InstitutionsCadenza Innovation[1]
External video
“Power Dynamic: Christina Lampe-Önnerud at TEDxKTH”, 2012, TED Talks
“Innovate46 2015: Special Dialogue - Battery Technology “, Peter Carlsson (Tesla) & Christina Lampe-Önnerud, 2015

Biography

Early life

Christina Lampe-Önnerud was born in Sweden. Her father, Wolfgang Lampe, was a power engineer. Lampe-Önnerud had an interest in science early on, making fireworks in a basement bathtub and playing with chemistry and electrical kits as a child. She was also trained as an opera singer.[1]

Education

Lampe-Önnerud considered careers in opera singing and medicine and was offered a scholarship for an 8-year program for a medical doctorate degree but turned it down her senior year of high school. After high school Lampe-Önnerud accepted a scholarship to attend Elmira College in New York. At Elmira college she studied English literature, business, and the sciences while working in a chemistry laboratory as a lab assistant.[1]

With encouragement from her father to pursue a career in a STEM field and her growing interest in the sciences, Lampe-Önnerud returned to Sweden and obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Calculus and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Uppsala University in Sweden. In her masters program at Uppsala, Lampe-Önnerud studied copper deposition on semiconductor wafers and for her Ph.D. she focused on analyzing cathode materials for lithium-polymer batteries while working with a Denmark battery producer, Danionics, who later patented some of the materials Lampe- Önnerud studied.[1][8]

Lampe-Önnerud then held a postdoctoral appointment at MIT in Cambridge, MA working for Quantum Energy Technologies.[1][8]

Personal life

Lampe-Önnerud is married to Per Önnerud, who she met in high school. She has two children, Anna-Maria and Mattias.[1]

Career

Lampe-Önnerud has focused her career on energy storage since her time at Uppsala University, where her father had an interest in power generation.[7] While still a doctoral student, Lampe-Önnerud 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.[9][10] She later became one of the youngest partners at Arthur D. Little (whose research section was acquired by TIAX), in charge of the company's battery labs.[10][11]

She founded the lithium-ion battery company Boston-Power Inc. in 2005 and owned the company until 2012 working as the CEO, executive chairman, and international chairman.[2][11] The company focused on lithium-ion batteries for small personal computing devices.[4]

In 2012, she and her husband Per Önnerud started the company Cloteam[2] later renamed Cadenza Innovation, and based in Oxford, Connecticut.[4][6] Her work aims at developing efficient, safe, lasting, and inexpensive batteries for various technologies, including computers, phones, and cars. [7][11] The lithium ion battery she invented is the first to be considered environmentally friendly while capable of providing long lasting energy safely to various types of technology.[1] She describes Cadenza's 2016 battery design, which involves a ceramic insert in an aluminum container, as "an energy LEGO-brick for engineers".[12] It is intended to be a power source for electric vehicles such as Tesla's cars,[4] but could also be used in electrical grids.[12] Lampe-Önnerud continues to serve as the chief executive officer and director at Cadenza.[7][11]

As of May 24, 2016, Lampe-Önnerud has served as the non-executive director of Syrah Resources Limited, an Australian-based company focusing on minerals and technology for industrial use.[11][13] Lampe-Önnerud has served as a voice for power and energy issues at government and industrial conferences for over 15 years. She holds 15 patents currently and has 6 pending patents.[11]

Published works
  • "Conference Paper: Opportunities in energy storage due to the paradigm shift fueled by the mobile and clean tech revolutions" (2010)[14]
  • "A Consumer Revolution" (2009)[15]
  • "Benchmark study on high performing carbon anode material" (July 2001)[16]
  • "Conference Paper: Safety studies of Li-ion key components by ARC" (Feb. 2001)[17]
  • "Conference Paper: Safety studies on lithium-ion batteries by accelerating rate calorimetry" (Feb. 1999)[18]
  • Uppsala University Dissertation
    "Chemical and Electrochemical Intercalation of Lithium Into a V6O13 Host" (1995)[19]

Honors and awards
  • 2018, Holds 17 patents[20]
  • 2011, Swedish woman of the year ('Årets svenska kvinna'), Swedish Women's Educational Association.[12]
  • 2010, Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences ('Kungliga ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien')[21]
  • 2010, Private Company CEO of the Year from the MassTLC Leadership Awards[22]
  • 2010, Technology Pioneer Award, World Economic Forum[23][24]
  • 2010, Sustainable Leadership Award, Swedish Association of Environmental Managers[25]
  • 2009, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Clean Tech, New England region[26]
  • 2008, Stevie Award for Women in Business as Best Entrepreneur;[27]
  • 2008, Top Innovators of 2008, EDN Magazine[28]
  • 2007, Mass High Tech Women to Watch[29]
  • 2007, DEMOgod™[30]
  • 2002, 100 Top Young Innovators, MIT's Technology Review[9][31]

Christina Lampe-Önnerud presented an episode of the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 on 25 June 2012.[3]

References
  1. Perry, Tekla. "The Lady and the li-ion". IEEE Spectrum. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. Resende, Patricia (August 22, 2013). "EV battery startup Cloteam gets $3.5M DOE award". Boston Business Journal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. Sveriges Radio. "Christina Lampe-Önnerud". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. Engel, Jeff (July 29, 2016). "Boston-Power Vets Take New Approach With Battery Startup Cadenza". XConomy. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. "Energy Entrepreneurs". BizTech. March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. "Cadenza Innovation Member Spotlight". New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST™) Consortium. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  7. Hanley, Steve. "CA Conversation with Christina Lampe-Önnerud, CEO Of Cadenza Innovations (CleanTechnica Exclusive)". Clean Technica. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  8. "Winter 2012 Distinguished Speakers and Innovators Seminar: Christina Lampe-Önnerud". Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  9. "2002 Innovators under 35: Christina Lampe-Onnerud, 34". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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  11. "Company Overview of Cadenza Innovation, Inc.: Executive Profile Christina Lampe-Önnerud". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. 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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  13. "Syrah Resources Overview". Syrah Resources. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  14. Lampe-Onnerud, Christina (2010). "Opportunities in Energy Storage Due to the Paradigm Shift Fueled by the Mobile and Clean Tech Revolutions". IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSIC. doi:10.1109/VLSIC.2010.5560249.
  15. Lampe-Onnerud, Christina (2009). "A Consumer Revolution". MIT Technology Review. 112 (5).
  16. Lampe-Onnerud, Christina; Shi, J; Onnerud, Per; Chamberlain, R; Barnett, B (2001). "Benchmark study on high performing carbon anode materials". Benchmark study on high performing carbon anode materials. 97–97: 133–136.
  17. Lampe-Onnerud, Christina; Shi, Jie; Chamberlain, Richard; Onnerud, Per (2001). "Conference Paper: Safety studies of Li-ion key components by ARC". The Sixteenth Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances. doi:10.1109/BCAA.2001.905156.
  18. Lampe-Onnerud, Christina; Shi, Jue; Singh, S. K.; Barnet, B (1999). "Safety studies on lithium-ion batteries by accelerating rate calorimetry". The Fourteenth Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances. doi:10.1109/BCAA.1999.795993.
  19. Lampe-Önnerud, Christina (1995). "Chemical and Electrochemical Intercalation of Lithium Into a V6O13 Host". Comprehensive summaries of Uppsala dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology. 90.
  20. "Patents by Inventor Christina Lampe-Onnerud". Justia Patents. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  21. Olle Zachrison - olle.zachrison@svd.se. "Ny kolumnist: Christina Lampe-Önnerud". SvD.se. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  22. Brown, Rodney (November 4, 2010). "MassTLC honors Hatsopoulos, Lampe-Önnerud, other tech leaders". Boston Business Journal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  23. Schenker, Jennifer L. (December 3, 2009). "WEF Announces 2010 Tech Pioneers". Bloomberg Technology. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  24. "Boston-Power CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud Accepts 2010 Technology Pioneer Award at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting". Business Wire. January 26, 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  25. Wambold, Randy (April 21, 2010). "Boston-Power Founder Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud Earns Northern Europe's Top Sustainable Leadership Award". Business Wire. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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  30. "Boston-Power CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud Named DEMO 07 DEMOgod™". Business Wire. February 2, 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  31. "Business Impact 2002 TR100". MIT Technology Review. June 1, 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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