The 2026 Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry, supported by an endowed fund established by the ACS Division of Energy and Fuels will be awarded to Brett A. Helms, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBrett A. Helms is a San Francisco-Bay Area native. He received his B.S. from Harvey Mudd College in 2000 and his Ph.D. in 2006 at the University of California, Berkeley with Jean M. J. Fréchet. His postdoctoral research was conducted at the TU/e with E. W. (Bert) Meijer. In 2007, he began his independent career at Berkeley Lab and has since risen to the rank of Senior Scientist. His research program there is devoted to materials discovery and development to solve outstanding challenges in energy and sustainability. He is the co-founder of two deep-tech Bay Area Start-Ups: Sepion Technologies and Cyklos Materials.The award will be presented at the National Awards Dinner in the Atlanta ACS National Meeting.
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