Kevin W. Gao
2025- Senior Scientist, Sonocharge Energy2022-25 Staff Battery Scientist, Blue Current, Inc.
2022 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
2017 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Caltech
2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, MIT
2013 Intern, Los Alamos National Lab
I am a Senior Scientist at Sonocharge Energy, working on modeling battery performance in the presence of acoustics. Previously, I was a Staff Battery Scientist at Blue Current, working on developing next generation solid state batteries with a focus on silicon anodes. My PhD is from the University of California, Berkeley where I was a member of the Balsara Lab, a member of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Solid Solvation Thrust, and affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. My graduate research focused on the ion transport and thermodynamic properties of polymer blend electrolytes for application in lithium batteries and beyond. More broadly, my interests encompass energy storage, alternative energy solutions, and optimization of processes. Please contact me via email if you would like to collaborate, brainstorm ideas, or learn more about my work.
In my free time, I volunteer as an assistant coach and chief financial officer for Born to Run Track Club, a non-profit youth track club based in Mountain View, CA.
My resume is available here.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6794-1265Contact: kevin.wu.gao@gmail.com