Michele Ostraat
- Role
- Chief Scientist at Pajarito Powder, Llc
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michele Ostraat
With a background in materials science, my career has centered on tackling complex R&D…
Experience
Chief Scientist
Jan 2023 — Present
Provide executive level leadership and decision-making expertise to prioritize and implement R&D portfolio across fuel cell and electrolyzer catalysts.\\\\n\\\\nResponsible for scale-up of anode and cathode materials currently at laboratory scales and development of new catalyst formulations and synthesis approaches for efficient and sustainable production at necessary scales for commercial verification and validation by external customers.\\\\n\\\\nEstablish and coordinate partnering with external collaborators on grants and joint development agreements to innovate new catalyst materials, accelerate scale-up to pilot levels, and assist in commercialization of electrolyzer and fuel cell technologies.\\\\n\\\\nPajarito Powder is a US-based innovator and manufacturer of electrocatalyst materials for fuel cells and electrolyzers based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pajarito Powder manufactures a range of products across different chemistries for hydrogen applications, including a proprietary Engineered Catalyst Support (ECS) for fuel cell anode and electrolyzer cathode applications, along with complete catalyst solutions featuring platinum and platinum alloys deposited on ECS, as well as chemistry-specific catalysts for water electrolysis. PEM variants include iridium and supported iridium oxide catalysts and AEM catalysts include developmental materials, such as lead ruthenate, lanthanum strontium cobalt, and nickel ferrite. Pajarito Powder also manufactures the world’s first commercial, completely precious metal-free (PMF) catalyst for PEM fuel cells.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n
Education
Caltech
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
1998 — 2001
Trinity University
B.S., Chemistry
1992 — 1996
Caltech
M.S., Chemical Engineering
1996 — 1998
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