Chandrasekhar "Spike" NarayanArt: Nat Damm

Chandrasekhar “Spike” Narayan

Leader of Science and Technology Organization, IBM’s Almaden Research Center
Silicon Valley, Calif.

Spike Narayan and his team at IBM’s Almaden Research Center work on bleeding-edge technologies that are at the nexus of efforts to create a sustainable world—endlessly recyclable plastics, lithium-air batteries that could dramatically extend the range of electric cars, and infrastructure for smart cities. Given Narayan and the Almaden Research Center’s proximity to Silicon Valley venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, expect to see some of these technologies hit the market in the coming years.