Dr. Amit Patwardhan
Mechanical separations technology is a very exciting new industry that will disrupt the way we recover natural resources.
Amit heads all technology development at EnergyX including both the LiTAS program and the solid state battery program.
Prior to joining EnergyX, Dr. Patwardhan held senior leadership roles with Rio Tinto, a global Fortune 500 company with over $40 billion in revenue, in their Industrial Minerals business group and corporate technology group. Dr. Patwardhan was the co-inventor of an innovative process to recover lithium values from a very large new mineral discovery in Serbia, and led the process development and piloting of the process. He also led the process development of a lithium byproduct recovery project in Southern California. Dr. Patwardhan has experience with research, process and project development, process optimization and business improvement.
Dr. Patwardhan has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and has served on National Committees of the Society of Mining Engineers for two terms. He received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and his MS, PhD and MBA degrees from the Southern Illinois University.
Fun Fact: Amit used the laws of physics to teach himself how to golf and swim.