Arun Majumdar is the Jay Precourt Professor at Stanford University, a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and a Senior Fellow and former Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He served in the Obama administration as the Founding Director of the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (2009–2012), as the Acting Undersecretary for Energy (2011–2012), and as the Vice Chair of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (2014–2017). Dr. Majumdar is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, US National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

John Deutch is an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Dean of Science, and Provost. In the Carter administration, he served as Director of Energy Research (1977–1979), Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology (1979), and Undersecretary (1979–1980) in the US Department of Energy. He has been a member of the President’s Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee (1980–1981), the White House Science Council (1985–1989), the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (1997–2001), and the Secretary of the Energy Advisory Board (2008–2017). He has published widely on the technical and policy aspects of energy and the environment.

Ravi Prasher is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He has more than 20 years of experience in working in R&D in large industry, startup, government, and academia. He was one of the first program directors at ARPA-E in the US Department of Energy. Prasher has published more than 100 papers on thermal energy science and technology and holds more than 30 patents. At UC Berkeley, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on thermal science and supervises multiple PhD students on various research topics, including thermochemical production of carbon-free hydrogen.

Tom Griffin specializes in identifying high-impact technology investment opportunities in the manufacturing sector for Breakthrough Energy Ventures. He has over 25 years of industrial experience in applied technology development and deployment, including contributions over a wide range of energy and environmental sectors. He served as CTO at both Edeniq and Pennsylvania Sustainable Technologies (where was also co-founder), pursuing capabilities and applications in biofuels and catalytic fuel upgrading. Griffin was an officer in the US Nuclear Navy, directing operations of shipboard propulsion facilities. He holds SB, SM, and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from MIT and has authored or co-authored several granted patents.

Arun Majumdar 是斯坦福大学的 Jay Precourt 教授、机械工程系的一名教师，也是 Precourt 能源研究所的高级研究员和前任所长。他曾在奥巴马政府担任美国能源部能源高级研究计划署 (ARPA-E) 的创始主任（2009-2012 年）、代理能源部副部长（2011-2012 年）和副主席能源顾问委员会秘书 (2014-2017)。Majumdar 博士是美国国家科学院、美国国家工程院和美国艺术与科学院的成员。

John Deutch 是麻省理工学院的名誉研究所教授。曾任化学系系主任、理学院院长、教务长。在卡特政府期间，他曾担任美国能源部能源研究主任（1977-1979）、能源技术代理助理部长（1979）和副部长（1979-1980）。他曾是总统核安全监督委员会（1980-1981）、白宫科学委员会（1985-1989）、总统科学技术顾问委员会（1997-2001）和能源部长的成员咨询委员会（2008-2017）。他在能源和环境的技术和政策方面发表了大量文章。

Ravi Prasher 是加州大学伯克利分校的兼职教授。他在大型工业、初创公司、政府和学术界拥有 20 多年的研发工作经验。他是美国能源部 ARPA-E 的首批项目主管之一。Prasher 在热能科学与技术方面发表了 100 多篇论文，拥有 30 多项专利。在加州大学伯克利分校，他教授热科学本科和研究生课程，并指导多名博士生从事各种研究课题，包括无碳氢的热化学生产。

Tom Griffin 专门为 Breakthrough Energy Ventures 寻找制造业领域的高影响力技术投资机会。他在应用技术开发和部署方面拥有超过 25 年的行业经验，包括对广泛的能源和环境领域的贡献。他曾在 Edeniq 和宾夕法尼亚州可持续技术公司（也是联合创始人）担任首席技术官，追求生物燃料和催化燃料升级方面的能力和应用。格里芬是美国核海军的一名军官，负责指挥舰载推进设施的运作。他拥有麻省理工学院化学工程专业的 SB、SM 和博士学位，并撰写或共同撰写了多项授权专利。