Dr. Pei Zhang -Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory for Energy and Microsystems Innovation， Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT, 2013 -Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental biotechnology, Microbiology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2010 -Ph.D., Environmental Biotechnology, Civil, Environmental Engineering Department, Arizona State University, U.S.A, 2009 -M.S., Environmental science, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Netherlands, 2005 -B.S., Food Science, Shanghai Marine University, China, 1997 2014- now President, Bioechem LLC 1, R&D of Biological Battery and Biological Cathode, US utility patent awarded May 2020 (US10/658,692) 2, R&D of Spatial Analytical Microbial Imaging, US utility patent awarded on Feb. 2020 (US10/550,416) 3, R&D of Biological Battery Reactor System in manufacturing Metal Oxide, generating electricity, and fixing CO2, US utility Patent (US63/271,701) filed on Oct 2021 4, R&D of CO2 fixation to dry ice with energy harvested from ambient environment for onsite fire quenching, US utility patent (US17/865382), applied on July 14, 2022 2013- 2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate, MIT 1, Biofilm modeling of a biological nitrate sensor for a NSF phase II project. 2, Biological surface deposition in an electrochemical system for fabrication of artificial biofilm. 3, Microbial phenotype study in a multi-disciplinary bio-electrochemical system by utilizing a 3D isolated dielectrophersis technology. 2011- 2012 Principal Investigator, ElectroChem, Inc. 1, NSF SBIR award: Development of advanced biocathode for enhancement of current density of Microbial Fuel Cells 2, NASA project: improving porous structure conductivity for Fuel Cell 3, Development of hydrophobic and hydrophilic gas diffusion layer for fuel cell 4, Research and development of silk screen electrode and dynamic hydrogen electrode making protocols 2010-2011 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Massachusetts Supervisor: Derek Lovley, Kelly P. Nevin: Microbiology department, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1, Enriched and isolated a novel marine cathodic microorganism 2, Proved the concept of internal feeding Microbial Fuel Cell 2005-2009 PhD program, Arizona State University Awarded Edson grant on Spatial Analytical Microbial Imaging (SAMI)