Meet the Team

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

Alexandra Hakala

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

Scott Montross
Technical Portfolio Lead, CMM

Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Anna Wendt

Anna Wendt
Lead, CMM Goal 1 – AI-Enabled National Scale Prospectus

Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Christina Lopano

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

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

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

Mengling Stuckman
Lead, CMM Goal 5 – Modular Units for Small Distributed Feedstocks

Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Robert Dilmore

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

Anna Wendt

Christy Pecyna
CMM Project Manager

Research Planning & Delivery
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

ClaiMM

Jennifer-Bauer

Jennifer Bauer
ClaiMM Technical Portfolio Lead

Geological & Environmental Systems
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF)

Kelly Rose

Kelly Rose
Senior Fellow

Computational Sciences & Engineering
Research & Innovation Center
National Energy Technology Laboratory

METALLIC & PrOMMiS

Tom Tarka

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

Helena Khazdozian
Senior Technology Manager, Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI)

U.S. Department of Energy