Prof.Dr. Khalil Amine

Argonne distinguished Fellow and director of the Advanced Lithium Battery Technology program, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinios, United States.

Prof.Dr. Khalil Amine is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and the leader of the Advanced Battery Technology team at Argonne National Laboratory, where he is responsible for directing the research and development of advanced materials and battery systems for electric vehicles, smart grid, satellite, military, and medical applications. Prof. Dr. Amine is also the Co-director of the US-German initiative on interface. He serves as a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, the US National Academy of inventors, the European academy of sciences and committee member of the U.S. National Research Consul at US Academy of Sciences on battery related technologies. He is also an adjunct professor at Stanford University and held a joint appointment as Professor at the University of Chicago. Among his many awards, Prof. Dr. Amine is 2023 recipient of Kuwait prize, 2019 recipient of the mega global energy prize, a 2003 recipient of Scientific America’s Top Worldwide 50 Researcher Award, a 2009 recipient of the US Federal Laboratory Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, 2013 DOE Vehicle technologies office award and is seven-time recipient of the R&D 100 Award which is considered as the Oscar of technology and innovation. In addition, he was awarded the ECS battery technology and battery research awards, the international battery association award, NAATB lifetime achievement award and IBA Yeager award. Prof. Dr. Amine holds 224 patents and patent applications and has 856 publications with google h-index of 195. From 2010-2025, Prof. Dr. Amine was the most cited scientist in the world in the field of battery technology with over 131,700 citations. He serves as the executive director and president of IMLB. He is also the chairmen of the international automotive lithium battery association, ECS fellow, Fellow of the international association of advanced materials, and associate editor of the journal of Nano-Energy.