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

Dr. Philseok Kim is a Program Director at ARPA-E. His interests include functional materials and composites, engineered surfaces and structures that enable and accelerate electrification and decarbonization of energy infrastructure with high energy-efficiency, resilience, and low carbon emissions.

Dr. Robert Ledoux currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy. His areas of interest include the intersection of nuclear physics and non-proliferation, energy production, and transportation.

Dr. Jack Lewnard currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E). His focus at ARPA-E is on methane production, distribution, and use.

Kirk Liu currently serves as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), where he helps prepare innovative energy technologies for transition from the agency-funded lab to the commercial market.

Peder Maarbjerg currently serves as the Assistant Director for External Coordination at ARPA-E and is responsible for legislative and public policy outreach.

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

Mike Maruca currently serves as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). As an Attorney-Advisor, Maruca supports the OCC and ARPA-E personnel in a wide variety of legal and policy matters relevant to ARPA-E’s mission.

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.

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.