Headshot of ARPA-E Distinguished Senior Fellow Dr. Richard O'Neill
Dr. Richard O'Neill
Distinguished Senior Fellow

Dr. Richard O'Neill currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E). 

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.

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.

Headshot of ARPA-E Tech-to-Market Advisor Ken Pulido
Ken Pulido
Technology-to-Market Advisor

Ken Pulido serves as a Technology-to-Market Advisor for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), where he supports technology commercialization efforts.

Headshot of ARPA-E Technology-to-Market Advisor Dr. Rakesh Radhakrishnan
Dr. Rakesh Radhakrishnan
Technology-to-Market Advisor

Dr. Rakesh Radhakrishnan currently serves as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) where he supports technology commercialization efforts for the distributed generation, additive manufacturing, electrified aviation and artificial intelligence programs.

Headshot of ARPA-E Technology-to-Market Advisor Dan Rogers
Daniel Rogers
Technology-to-Market Advisor

Dan Rogers serves as a Tech-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), where he focuses on transformative, high-impact marine technologies to address our society’s most pressing ocean-related energy and critical resource needs.

Headshot of ARPA-E Program Director Dr. James Seaba
Dr. James Seaba
Program Director

Dr. James Seaba currently serves as Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). His focus at ARPA-E is on clean sustainable fuels production, end-use, distribution, and storage.

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Dr. Jenifer Shafer
Program Director

Dr. Jenifer Shafer currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Her focus at ARPA-E is developing economic and proliferation resistant technologies to support advanced reactor deployment, as well as manage nuclear waste and used nuclear fuel.

Headshot of ARPA-E Program Director Steven Singer
Dr. Steven Singer
Program Director

Dr. Steven Singer  currently serves as a Program Director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and is a Senior Scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Headshot of ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Marina Sofos
Dr. Marina Sofos
Program Director

Dr. Marina Sofos currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Her focus at ARPA-E is on novel materials and manufacturing, data analytics, and advanced control methods to improve the efficiency and flexibility of buildings and transportation.