Jeffrey Gifford is a PhD Candidate in the Advanced Energy Systems program sponsored by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Colorado School of Mines. He previously earned his M. and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado – Boulder and Purdue University, respectively, and has worked at NREL as a graduate researcher. His research interests include energy storage systems for economy-wide decarbonization and long-duration, particle-based thermal energy storage systems using a multi-method approach, including computational fluid dynamics, dynamic integrated system modeling, and mixed-integer linear programming for design and dispatch optimization.

Janna Martinek is a researcher in the Thermal Energy Systems group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado – Boulder prior to joining NREL. Her work includes predictive performance modeling and analysis of concentrating solar power (CSP), solar thermochemical and thermal energy storage (TES) systems, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and analysis of dispatch optimization and grid integration of CSP and TES technologies.

Xingchao Wang is a joint appointment researcher to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He is a research faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Wang received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and BE in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University. His expertise lies in heat transfer, thermodynamics, and conventional and renewable energy systems designing and modeling. He is working on energy conversion, storage research, and technology development using renewable energy sources.

Zhiwen Ma is a senior engineer in the Thermal Systems R&D Group at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Zhiwen is leading the research projects on long-duration energy storage using particle-based thermal energy storage, thermal and electrochemical modeling for hydrogen production, and solar fuel processes. He has expertise in computational modeling and experimental testing, renewable solution and system development, component performance, and cost analysis. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and was awarded 12 patents.

Jeffrey Gifford 是国家可再生能源实验室 (NREL) 和科罗拉多矿业学院赞助的先进能源系统项目的博士生。他之前分别在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校和普渡大学获得机械工程硕士和学士学位，并曾在 NREL 担任研究生研究员。他的研究兴趣包括用于经济范围内脱碳的储能系统和使用多方法方法的基于粒子的长期热能存储系统，包括计算流体动力学、动态集成系统建模以及用于设计的混合整数线性规划和调度优化。

Janna Martinek 是国家可再生能源实验室 (NREL) 热能系统组的研究员。在加入 NREL 之前，她获得了科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的化学工程博士学位。她的工作包括聚光太阳能 (CSP)、太阳能热化学和热能存储 (TES) 系统的预测性能建模和分析、计算流体动力学建模，以及 CSP 和 TES 技术的调度优化和电网集成分析。

王兴超，国家可再生能源实验室（NREL）联合聘任研究员。他是科罗拉多矿业学院机械工程系的研究人员。王博士在理海大学获得机械工程博士学位，在清华大学获得热能工程学士学位。他的专长在于传热、热力学以及传统和可再生能源系统的设计和建模。他致力于使用可再生能源的能源转换、存储研究和技术开发。

Zhiwen Ma 是国家可再生能源实验室 (NREL) 热系统研发组的高级工程师。他在佐治亚理工学院获得机械工程博士学位。Zhiwen 正在领导使用基于粒子的热能存储的长期能量存储、制氢的热和电化学建模以及太阳能燃料过程的研究项目。他在计算建模和实验测试、可再生解决方案和系统开发、组件性能和成本分析方面拥有专业知识。他发表了 70 多篇同行评审论文，并获得了 12 项专利。