Subhash C. Singhal
Battelle Fellow and Director

Fuel Cells at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Dr. Singhal holds a Ph.D. (Materials Science & Engineering) from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Presently, he is a Battelle Fellow and Director, Fuel Cells at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he provides technical, managerial and commercialization leadership to the Lab’s extensive fuel cell programs. Previously, he was manager of Fuel Cell Technology at Siemens Power Generation (formerly Westinghouse Electric Corporation) for over 29 years, where he was responsible for the development of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). He has authored over 75 publications, edited 13 books, received 13 patents, and given over 250 presentations worldwide.

Dr. Singhal is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of four professional societies. He has served on the Electrochemical Society’s Board of Directors, received its Outstanding Achievement Award in High Temperature Materials in 1994, and continues as the Chairman of its International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells held biennially since 1989. He served as President of the International Society for Solid State Ionics during 2003-2005. He received the American Ceramic Society’s Edward Orton Jr. Memorial Award in 2001; an Invited Professorship Award from the Japan Ministry of Science, Education and Culture in 2002; and the Christian Friedrich Schoenbein Gold Medal from the European Fuel Cell Forum in 2006. He serves on several Editorial Boards and numerous national and international advisory panels.