Christopher Johnson

Chris Johnson is currently a senior chemist and group leader at Argonne National Laboratory, specializing in the research & development of battery materials and battery systems with 25 years of experience.

Johnson is known worldwide for his development of state-of-art lithium-ion battery cathode materials and emerging sodium-ion batteries. He holds a BS. Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University. He has published over 110 publications, and 24 issued US patents in the battery field. He has received the research award from the International Battery Association in 2006, and a R&D-100 award for the commercialization of lithium battery materials in 2009. Johnson was named a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society in 2017. Presently, he is Chair of the Electrochemical Society Battery Division, and has been a member of the Electrochemical Society since 1993.