Meet the Team
CMM Research & Innovation Center (RIC) Research & Development (R&D) Plan

Alexandra Hakala
RIC Critical Minerals Strategy Lead and Senior Fellow, Geologic and Environmental Systems
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Scott Montross
Technical Portfolio Lead, CMM
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Anna Wendt
Lead, CMM Goal 1 – AI-Enabled National Scale Prospectus
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Christina Lopano
Lead, CMM Goal 2 – Accelerated Resource-scale Prospecting
Lead, CMM Goal 6 – In-situ Recovery of CMs from Sedimentary Basins
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Alison Fritz
Lead, CMM Goal 3 – Crosscutting Analysis for Supply Chain Development
Strategic Systems Analysis & Engineering
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Christopher Matranga
Lead, CMM Goal 4 – High-value Carbons from Coal-related Feedstocks
Materials Engineering & Manufacturing
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Mengling Stuckman
Lead, CMM Goal 5 – Modular Units for Small Distributed Feedstocks
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Robert Dilmore
Lead, CMM Goal 7 – HERMES: A Multi-National-Lab Initiative to Valorize Unconventional Feedstocks
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Christy Pecyna
CMM Project Manager
Research Planning & Delivery
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory
ClaiMM

Jennifer Bauer
ClaiMM Technical Portfolio Lead
Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF)

Kelly Rose
Senior Fellow
Computational Sciences & Engineering
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory
METALLIC & PrOMMiS

Tom Tarka
Director, METALLIC & PrOMMiS
Senior Engineer, Strategic Systems Analysis & Engineering
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI)

Helena Khazdozian
Senior Technology Manager, Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI)
U.S. Department of Energy



