Dr. Graf has over 10 years of business management, process engineering and material development experience in the field of lithium chemicals, high purity and battery related materials. After his PhD in inorganic chemistry at University of Technology in Dresden, he held a senior researcher position at University of Waterloo, Ontario. Dr. Graf entered the chemical industry in 2010 developing precursor materials for cathodes, he then moved to Rockwood Lithium and was responsible for battery grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide marketing and sales activities. Later he was responsible for New Business Development of Albemarle’s product portfolio for advanced battery technologies. In 2017 Dr. Graf joined Dorfner Anzaplan heading the process development and engineering department working on specialty minerals and metals with a strong focus on lithium, graphite and rare earths.