Paul Everill leads the development of Black Diamond Structures’ proprietary MOLECULAR REBAR® nanotechnology solutions for lead-acid and lithium-ion chemistries as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Everill has spent over a decade driving the material and application development of multiple carbon nanotube-based additives for the energy storage market. He routinely represents Black Diamond Structures at global summits, regulatory meetings, and customer visits. At the Black Diamond facility in Austin, TX, Paul works to ensure that his customer’s needs are matched by Black Diamond’s internal development. Dr. Everill holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Tufts University in Boston, MA, and Bachelor’s degrees in Biochemistry and English from the University of Texas at Austin. Paul is happy to support the Consortium for Battery Innovation in various research pursuits, and as a member of its Executive Board.

Carter W. Abney earned B.S. degrees in chemistry and theoretical mathematics from the University of Wisconsin in 2005, and a M.S. degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina in 2007. In 2015 he earned a Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Chicago. From 2015 – 2018 he worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the Eugene P. Wigner Fellow, using synchrotron x-rays and neutron scattering techniques to research the effects of metal coordination on polymer morphology and physicochemical properties. From 2018 – 2021 he worked at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, developing new materials for CO2 capture and chemical separations. In 2021 he joined Borregaard USA as a Research Associate in their Biopolymers Division, researching lignosulfonate additives for lead and lithium batteries. He now serves as the global technical application manager over battery programs.
Carter has published 48 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 patents and applications, and has received awards and recognitions including the ExxonMobil Global Technology Award, the ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division Early Career Fellow, the I&EC Research 2017 Class of Influential Researchers, a UT-Battelle Research Accomplishment award, and recognition from the US Department of Nuclear Energy for Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research.

Technical Manager at SST Co. from March.2018 and Engineering and R&D Department Director at the biggest lead acid battery manufacturer in east of Iran for 11 years.
Experienced Research Development Department with a demonstrated history of working in the lead acid battery industry with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) focused in Chemical Engineering and Master of Science (MSc) in Industrial Engineering.
Several presentations at Labat2017,18ABC 2019,17ELBC2020,19ABC 2021, Labat 2021,20ABC 2023 and PowerOn 2025.

Antara Bhattacharjee has completed her M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela in 2015. Post completion of M. Tech, she was a research scholar at NIT Rourkela, where she has published 6 articles in reputed SCI Journals and few more conference proceedings. She is with Exide Industries Limited for the last 3 years and currently holds the position of Assistant Manager – Reserve Power, VRLA at the Research & Development Centre of Exide Industries Limited, Kolkata. She is responsible for design and development of new product & modification of existing AGM VRLA products catering to IUPS, Datacentre and BESS application.