David Bradwell, Ambri co-founder and CTO, played a pivotal role in advancing the Liquid Metal Battery technology while he completed his M. Eng. and Ph.D. degrees and post doctoral fellowship at MIT. Together they conducted electrochemistry research into dozens of different battery technologies, including the formula that became the Ambri Liquid Metal Battery.
David leads Ambri’s technical team to develop and commercialize the ‘Liquid Metal Battery’ technology, with a focus on creating a low cost, safe, and long-lifespan storage technology for grid-scale energy storage applications. The project has raised over $70M in funding, including early funding from The Deshpande Center at MIT, ARPA-E (DoE), and three round of equity financing for Ambri Inc. from Bill Gates, Total SA, Khosla Ventures, KLP Enterprises, and GVB.
David earned a BSc in Engineering Physics from Queen's University, and an MEng and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2010, he received a TR35 award for being a top innovator under 35 from Technology Review magazine.