Dr. Harry Michael trained as an electrochemist at UCL before moving into venture investing, and at ERV he built the fund's in-house technical diligence tools while mapping technologies across batteries, fuels, and broader energy tech. He writes about chemistry choice as a capital-allocation question, has pushed ideas like paying for the electrolyte itself in flow batteries and reusing old oil-and-gas tanks for storage, and looks closely at the underlying chemistry of startups like Quino Energy, reflecting a broader view that electrochemistry is the common thread running through energy storage, hydrogen, and carbon capture.