Professional career

Dr Bernhard Riegel completed his doctorate in inorganic chemistry at the University of Stuttgart in 1994. He then completed several research stays, including at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, followed by a research stay at the University of Texas in Austin. From 1998 to 2000, he worked at the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Ulm in the field of lead-acid and NiMH electrochemical storage technologies. Since 2001 he has been working in research and development at HOPPECKE Batterien GmbH & Co. KG since 2001. In 2003, he took over the management of research and development for the entire HOPPECKE Group. With the establishment and foundation of HOPPECKE Advanced Battery Technology GmbH (INTILION GmbH) in 2007, he introduced lithium-ion technology for the industrial battery market at HOPPECKE.

Dr Riegel, is a member of the Advisory Board of Battery Research Germany (BMBF), Associate Delegate of BEPA (Battery European Partnership), member of the Advisory Board of FFB Münster and Task Force Innovation Leader EUROBAT.