Dario R. Dekel

Dario R. Dekel received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from UTN (Argentina), MSc in Chemical Engineering, and PhD and MBA from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. In 1998 he joined Rafael Ltd., where he led 50 researchers in the area of High-Temperature Batteries. In 2007 Prof. Dekel co-founded CellEra (today HydroLite), where as VP for R&D he led 15 researchers to develop the Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell technology. In 2015, after a 25-year career in industry, he returned to the Technion as a faculty member in the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, where he heads the TEEM Lab (Technion Electrochemical Energy based on Membranes), leading the largest worldwide research group on AEMFCs and Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers (AEMWEs). Prof. Dekel holds >100 papers and >30patents on battery and fuel cell technologies. He was awarded >$6M government and company research grants from Israel, Europe, and USA. Since returning to the Technion, Prof. Dekel has been an active member of the Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP). In April 2023, he was appointed as GTEP’s Director.