Technology Expert in Energy Storage at EDP Inovação. Electrical Engineer in Energy Systems, PhD in Electrochemistry Joined EDP Innovation in 2016

Mário Simões started his career in industry (2006-2008) working in the energy sector for the Veolia Group in Portugal, after graduating in Electrical Engineering. In 2011, he obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry by the University of Poitiers in France working in electrocatalysis for low temperature fuel cells. Since then he participated in innovation projects in Portugal and Switzerland, having 5 years field experience in lithium-ion batteries, working in R&D at the ETHZ and Belenos Clean Power, a Swatch Group spin-off, prior joining the Energy Storage team at EDP Inovação in 2016.