Valerie Muldoon is a skilled professional in battery research, currently serving as a Member of Technical Staff at QuantumScape since July 2022. Prior experience includes a role as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Deng Energy and Nanotechnology Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from September 2020 to July 2022, and a research internship at the World Wildlife Fund in the summer of 2020, where Valerie investigated the environmental impacts of grocery delivery services. Earlier internships at NASA Glenn Research Center involved optimizing microphone array frameworks for turbofan aircraft engine acoustics and characterizing properties of silicate debris for high-temperature environments. Valerie has also conducted significant undergraduate research at MIT, focusing on aerogels and perovskite materials for energy applications. Valerie holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.