Dr Stephen Harrison has a diverse multi-industry background in electrochemistry and lithium extraction, with thorough knowledge of all steps of industry process/product commercialisation in the lithium industry since 1998.
Dr Harrison was the chief technology officer of Simbol Materials for seven years where he led the scientific and engineering teams through a rapid process development, taking less than one year to develop a process to extract lithium from geothermal brine. As chief executive of Rakehill Technology, he consulted to the lithium industry on various lithium extraction technologies including sorbents. Dr Harrison was appointed chief technical officer of Vulcan Energy Resources in May 2021.
He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and a Master of Science in Electrochemical Science from the University of Southampton.
