| Ilias Belharouak | |
| Nationality: | Moroccan, American |
| Fields: | Energy Storage, Battery R&D |
| Workplaces: | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USAQatar Foundation, QatarArgonne National Laboratory, USA |
| Alma Mater: | Bordeaux 1 University, FranceCadi Ayyad University, Morocco |
| Website: | https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/ilias-belharouak |
Ilias Belharouak is a Moroccan-American chemist and scientist. He is a corporate fellow who heads the electrification section at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, USA.[1] He has contributed to research in high-power density and high-energy density energy storage materials for use in lithium-ion, sodium-ion, solid-state batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries.[2]
At ORNL, Belharouak leads multidisciplinary US Department of Energy sponsored R&D programs focusing on battery energy storage and advanced manufacturing. He has received six R&D 100 Awards and is also an editorial board member of the Journal of Power Sources.[3]
Belharouak received his bachelor's degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco in 1995. He obtained a master's degree in Materials Science in 1996 and a doctoral degree in 1999 from Bordeaux 1 University, France.