Dr. Sean Zheng is the CEO and Co-founder of Princeton Critical Minerals (PCM), a fast-growing company pioneering advanced evaporation solutions to accelerate U.S. domestic lithium production and address the global lithium supply gap. PCM’s innovations enable cost-effective lithium extraction from American brine resources while enhancing the efficiency of conventional lithium production processes worldwide.

Dr. Zheng brings over a decade of expertise in advanced materials design and critical mineral extraction. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed his postdoctoral research at Princeton University.