Dr. Judy Jeevarajan is the VP and Exec. Director for ESRI at UL Research Institutes. With more than 28 years of experience in batteries especially lithium-ion, her research includes safety studies such as thermal runaway and its propagation, fire suppressants and recycling. She has a Ph.D. in Electrochemistry from the Univ. of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) and a M.S. in Chemistry from Univ. of Notre Dame.