Headshot of ARPA-E Grants Management Specialist Carol Maldonado
Carol Maldonado
Grants Management Specialist

Carol Maldonado currently serves as a Grants Management Specialist at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).

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Dr. Robert Mellors
Program Director

Dr. Robert Mellors currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at the U.S. Department of Energy. As a geophysicist, his areas of interests include geothermal energy, seismological monitoring, distributed acoustic sensing, and satellite radar.

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Dr. Jonathan Melville
Fellow

Dr. Jonathan “Jo” Melville is a Fellow at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). At ARPA-E, Jo’s technical interests lie within the realm of experimental next-generation technologies for deep decarbonization, focusing especially upon emissions reduction for industrial processes and novel chemistries for artificial fuel synthesis.

Headshot of ARPA-E Tech-to-Market Advisor Dr. Othon Monteiro
Dr. Othon Monteiro
Technology-to-Market Advisor

Dr. Othon Monteiro currently serves as Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) where he supports the transition of breakthrough energy technologies from concept to commercial markets. Monteiro has extensive engineering experience in materials engineering, advanced materials, process development, and new product deployment. 

Headshot of ARPA-E Grants Management Specialist Driola Morrill
Driola Morrill
Grants Management Specialist

Driola Morrill serves as a Grants Management Specialist for the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).

Headshot of ARPA-E Grants Management Specialist Farwa Nawaz
Farwa Nawaz
Grants Management Specialist

Farwa Nawaz currently serves as a Grants Management Specialist at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).

Headshot of ARPA-E Technology-to-Market Advisor Dr. David Nye
Dr. David Nye
Technology-to-Market Advisor

Dr. David Nye currently serves as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at the U.S. Department of Energy. For the past two decades, Dr. Nye has led R&D, product management, and high-performance engineering teams in in the industrial energy, display glass and HVAC industries.

Lisa Persson - Contract Specialist at ARPA-E
Lisa Persson
Contract Specialist

Lisa Persson currently serves as a Contract Specialist at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) where she is responsible for full life-cycle management of contracts and financial assistance awards. Prior to ARPA-E, Ms. Persson served as a Contract Specialist within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Headquarters Procurement Services providing procurement support to the DOE Loan Programs Office.

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Dr. Cory Phillips
Program Director

Dr. Cory Phillips currently serves as a Program Director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). His focus at ARPA-E is on Catalysis (discovery & scale-up) & Reaction Engineering (CRE) for renewable fuels and energy related applications and process technology, as well as tribochemical engineering of surfaces for energy conservation applications

Headshot of ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Laurent Pilon
Dr. Laurent Pilon
Program Director

Dr. Laurent Pilon serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E). His focus at ARPA-E is on solar, thermal, and electrical energy storage.