Rajeev Assary obtained PhD degree in Computational Chemistry in 2005 from The University of Manchester UK. Dr. Assary held postdoctoral positions in University of Manchester and Northwestern University prior to joining Argonne National Laboratory in 2009. At present, he is a Group Leader of Molecular Materials group at Materials Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Assary’s research interests include fundamental and applied aspects of computational modeling based on quantum chemistry and Machine Learning in biomass catalysis and beyond lithium ion’ energy storage systems. He has published over 120 papers in peer reviewed journals. He conducts research as part of Joint Center of Electric Energy Storage (JCESR) and Consortium for Computational Physics and Chemistry (CCPC).