Joey D.Ocon is a Full Professor and the Co-founding Head of the Laboratory of Electrochemical Engineering of the University of the Philippines Diliman. A former Chair of the UP Department of Chemical Engineering, he has BS (2008) and MS (2011) in Chemical Engineering degrees from the same university and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering (2015) degree from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology South Korea. He is an expert on batteries, fuel cells, electrochemical technologies, energy systems, and off-grid electrification and has led more than twentry R&D projects from atomic-scale to energy systems research. He is an energy practice consultant in several organizations, including power companies and The World Bank. Prof. Ocon is also a Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of the battery technology start-up Nascent Battery Solutions Technologies.