RecycLiCo announces principal engineer

Canadian lithium-ion battery recycler RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. has hired Dr. Maryam Rasouli as its principal engineer, specializing in hydrometallurgy.

Rasouli brings a wealth of expertise in chemical and materials engineering, particularly in aqueous chemistry, lithium-ion battery cathode active material precursor (pCAM) synthesis and net-zero and circular economy solutions, all of which the company says will contribute to its vision of a sustainable future for off-spec scrap and end-of-life battery materials.

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Rasouli’s experience as a materials engineer and chemist includes work with advanced recycling technologies for lithium and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) from end-of-life batteries, the extraction of zinc, cadmium, nickel and cobalt from secondary scrap solids and metal extraction techniques focusing on precious metal recovery solvent extraction processes and synthetic chemistry, including the synthesis of layered double hydroxides (LDH)—materials similar to pCAM and metalloenzymes.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Rasouli to our team,” says Richard Sadowsky, RecycLiCo’s interim CEO. “Her background, skillset and passion for developing innovative chemical engineering solutions will be instrumental to the commercial implementation of our battery recycling and upcycling processes.”

Rasouli holds a Ph.D. in materials engineering from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in inorganic chemistry from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Zanjan, Iran. Prior to joining RecycLiCo, Rasouli worked as a process engineer at Hatch, where she designed hydrometallurgical processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries. She also has worked as a consulting chemist, designing amino-oxo-chelating reagents specifically for the recovery of metals from mining scrap.