Hu, Qichao

Dr. Qichao Hu is the founder and CEO of SES AI (NYSE: SES), the Boston-based company pioneering the world’s lightest long-range Li-Metal battery and transparent EV battery supply chain. SES is the only Li-Metal battery company to enter into three major joint development agreements with the world’s largest automotive companies General Motors, Honda, and Hyundai.

Dr. Hu has a BS in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University. He is currently a board member of the MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge and one of Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35.