Subra is currently the CTO of Elevated Materials, the culmination of more than 10 years of work on ultra-thin films for batteries. They are scaling lithium films for pre-lithitation of graphite and silicon, as well as lithium metal anodes, across facilities in the Bay Area and Germany. In addition to scaling towards the Gigascale, they are working on incorporating advanced protection layers and alloys.
Subra has 20+ years leading materials development for Li-ion battery and process scale-up activity. Subra has worked in Germany (Alexander von Humboldt fellow), Canada (U. Waterloo) and US Ames Lab (US_DOE) and had wide chemistry and materials engineering experience from discovery of new material to optimize material for battery application. Subra obtained his PhD degree in Solid state chemistry from the IISc Bangalore and Masters in Chemistry from the Mangalore University.
He was previously the principal investigator for US Department of Energy (DOE) programs - EERE and USABC funded programs (>$25m); leading 2 US-Army funded programs. He is a strong proponent of collaborative engagement in R&D and process development for energy storage application.