Andy Chu is Director of Marketing at A123 Systems, developer of advanced lithium ion battery technology. Since joining A123 in early 2003, he has served in multiple roles, including R&D, manufacturing support, applications engineering, program management, marketing and business development. Although based out of A123’s Massachusetts headquarters, Dr. Chu has spent nearly two years in Asia supporting A123’s operations. More recently, he led the team that resulted in a $249M award from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the company’s U.S. battery manufacturing.

Prior to joining A123 Systems, he was the Department Manager of the Energy Technologies Department at HRL (formerly Hughes Research Lab.)
He has a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where his thesis research was on lithium ion battery materials. He also has a Masters degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and two engineering Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan.