University of Texas professor who helped invent lithium-ion battery to share $1M award
A University of Texas professor who helped invent the modern-day lithium-ion battery will share a $1 million prize from Israel.
John B. Goodenough, who teaches in the engineering school, will donate his share of the money back to UT for research. He and professor Jay Keasling, of the University of California, Berkeley, will share the Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation, which is awarded by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space.
“I am honored to receive this international award,” said 93-year-old Goodenough in a news release. “I look forward to donating the award to the University of Texas at Austin for supplementing my support of two research scientists associated with the university’s Texas Materials Institute.”
Texas Materials Institute does research on material science and engineering, including solar panels and biomaterials.
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