Paul Mutolo

Paul F. Mutolo ‘94,  Ph.D.is the Co-Founder  and CEO of The  Standard Hydrogen  Corporation (SHC)and the Executive Director of the Center for Alkaline-based Energy Solutions (CABES)at Cornell University. In all his endeavors, Paul brings a creativity and optimistic intent for each of us to be more mindful of our ecological  impact,  and  through  that  awareness,  to  diminish  it. Since  2000,  he  has  been  working  in  the energy  storage  sector,  with  an  emphasis  on  fuel  cells. Representing  Cornell, Paul  is  a  founding  board member and officer of the New York Battery & Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST) consortium. He is an  expert  in electrochemical  hydrogen materials  and  systems. Paul  has  a strong  track  record  of accelerating  technology in  the  energy  storage  sector through  the  lab-to-market  transition  by  building strategic alliances, especially public–private partnerships. Paul’s experience includes two fuel cell startup companies that focused on technology development. He is a named inventor on 3 issued US patents and 2pending patent applications. He holds an A.B. in chemistry from Cornell University, a Ph.D.in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he focused on inorganic / materials chemistry.  He conducted  postdoctoral  research  at the University  of  California,  Berkeley. As  a Fulbright  Fellow,  Paul conducted two years of his doctoral research at the WWU in Münster, Germany. Paul lives in Ithaca with his wife and two children.  They are often found outside, on the water when possible, or just enjoying the Cornell Chimes from their backyard