Manas Pathak is the co-founder and CEO of EarthEn. He was born in India, where he grew up, and later attended the Indian Institute of Technology for his undergraduate in Geosciences. He went on to continue his education at the University of Utah, earning his Ph.D. and MS in Chemical Engineering. He won numerous accolades and awards such as the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Star fellowship and met Dr. Palash Panja (now CTO of EarthEn) during his time there. After graduation, he worked at a global semiconductor where he spent six years in different roles from process engineering to leading several teams in areas of global energy, artificial intelligence, corporate strategy, and business development. Later, he founded EarthEn during his time at Arizona State University while pursuing MBA.
Represented Organization
EarthEn
Key Innovation
A hybrid thermo-mechanical form of energy storage using CO2
ORNL Principal Investigator
- Kevin Robb - Group Leader, Energy Systems Development, Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate