Lide Rodriguez-Martinez is group leader and research manager at CIC Energigune, Spain. Since obtaining her PhD from Cambridge in 1999, she has conducted significant research in the field of solid oxide fuel cells and batteries. She worked 14 years in energy conversion and energy storage technology development at IK4-Ikerlan. She is the group leader of lithium based, and Li-S research line managerat CIC energigune since 2015. Her main interests are the development of cutting edge energy novel concepts, such as Li-S and technology assessment towards competitive targets (performance, life and cost), .