Lucas Beslow is a Ph.D student in the UC Davis Energy Graduate Group and a graduate student researcher in the Green Technology Laboratory. He researches lithium-ion battery energy storage systems, the reuse of electric vehicle batteries, and the grid integration of intermittent renewable energy generation. After studying Environmental Engineering at Purdue University, Lucas worked in various roles within the Environmental Consulting industry. During this time, he worked in the field as a Remediation Engineer, calculated emissions as an Air Quality Engineer, and helped implement large-scale information management systems as an EHS Software Consultant.