American Battery Materials, Inc. announced the appointment of Ryan Zarkesh, PhD, to its Advisory Board. Dr. Zarkesh brings extensive experience as a scientist and technical writer with over 15 years as a chemist in industrial and academic settings. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers and technical reports.

In addition, Dr. Zarkesh was the co-founder and principal scientist of Lilac Solutions, a lithium extraction company that discovered, evaluated, and scaled up production of unique composite ion exchange materials for the extraction of lithium from continental brines. Dr. Zarkesh is currently Senior Chemist at Synthio Chemicals, Inc., a chemical manufacturing, and engineering services firm that specializes in the application of process intensification techniques to industrial-scale synthesis of fine chemicals. He holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from University of California, Irvine, and a B.S. in Chemistry from the Colorado School of Mines.