Dr. Tao Zheng

Dr. Zheng is President of A123Systems China where he is in charge of the various operations and manufacturing facilities which produce the company’s proprietary materials. Prior to joining A123Systems, Dr. Zheng was President and co-founder of Changzhou PowerGenie, a producer of advanced materials serving some of the top Chinese Li-ion battery producers. Prior to founding Changzhou PowerGenie, Dr. Zheng co-founded Voltix Technology, a Li-ion battery manufacturer in China. Between 1997 through 2000 Dr. Zheng was a Post Doctoral Fellow and Member of Technical Staff at Bellcore where he performed work in Li Ion Polymer batteries. Dr. Zhang obtained his PhD in Physics from Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1996 under the guidance of Prof. Jeff Dahn.