Jiadong GONG

•  Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Hong Kong International R&D Centre, CATL 

Jaydon Gong is the VP and CTO of the Hong Kong International R&D Centre of CATL, i.e., CATL Hong Kong Research. Prior to that, Jaydon was the CTO & CIO of QuesTek Innovations. He has been in technology leadership roles in designing, developing, and deploying novel materials using materials genomic methods and advanced computational tools, particularly by integrating science-based modeling with AI/ML methods to establish a digitalized engineering platform. Jaydon has served as a principal investigator and technical leader in key programs with various governmental and commercial clients, focusing on aerospace, automotive, energy, and electronics applications, as well as additive manufacturing. He holds multiple patents in globally. He pursued his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering at Northwestern University (Evanston, US), and earned his B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University (Beijing, CN).

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