Cheryl Martin

Cheryl Martin
Deputy Director of Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
Incumbent
Assumed office December, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Arun Majumdar
Personal details
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology College of the Holy Cross

Cheryl Martin is an American chemist. She is currently Head of the Centre for Global Industries at the World Economic Forum. Prior to joining the Forum Martin was Deputy Director for Commercialization for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), a United States Department of Energy initiative.^[1]

Biography

Cheryl Martin was raised in Massachusetts and attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. She then went on to earn her PhD in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[2] She worked for twenty years with the Rohm and Haas Company, initially as a senior scientist and eventually serving as corporate vice president in 2007.

Martin then joined the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Initiative ARPA-E as Deputy Director for Commercialization under then-director Arun Majumdar. After Majumdar resigned from the DOE, Martin was named acting-director in his place.^[3][4]

References

1. "Dr. Cheryl Martin". ARPA-E. U. S. Department of Energy. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
2. Wolfe, Josh (July 23, 2013). "Is ARPA-E The Future Of American Energy Innovation?". Forbes. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
3. Clifton, Yin (May 14, 2012). "Arun Majumdar Made ARPA-E an Energy Innovation Leader". The Innovation Files. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
4. Biello, David (March 7, 2013). "Still in Search of the Energy Unknown: A Q&A with ARPA-E Director Cheryl Martin". Scientific American. Retrieved 26 March 2014.