Dr. Ilias Belharouak is a Distinguished Scientist and the Head of Electrification and Energy Storage at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Ilias serves as an adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Ilias is the Editor of the Journal of Power Sources. Ilias was Research Director and Professor at the Qatar Foundation. Ilias was a Material Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. His research interests deal with advanced lithium-ion batteries, solid state batteries and other emerging energy storage technologies. Dr. Belharouak holds Ph.D. and Ms. Degrees in Materials Science and Solid-State Chemistry from the Bordeaux 1 University, Bordeaux, France.