Portrait of Amy Prieto

Principal Investigator

Amy Prieto

Professor

Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University

Education

  1. 2001

    PhD, Inorganic Chemistry

    University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, CA

    DissertationElectrodeposition of Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials

    AdvisorProfessor Angelica M. Stacy

  2. 1996

    B.A., Chemistry and Philosophy, Honors in Chemistry

    Williams College — Williamstown, MA

    Honors thesisThe Synthesis and Characterization of Precursors to Zirconium-Containing Liquid Crystals

    AdvisorProfessor Lee Young Park

Professional Experience

  1. Aug 2018 – Present

    Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Chair of the Board

    Prieto Battery, Inc. — Fort Collins, CO

  2. Jun 2009 – Aug 2018

    Chief Executive Officer / Chief Scientific Officer

    Prieto Battery, Inc. — Fort Collins, CO

  3. Jul 2017 – Present

    Professor

    Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University — Fort Collins, CO

  4. Jul 2012 – Jul 2017

    Associate Professor

    Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University — Fort Collins, CO

  5. Jul 2005 – Jul 2012

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University — Fort Collins, CO

  6. Mar 2002 – May 2005

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    Harvard University — Cambridge, MA

    with Professor Hongkun Park

  7. Aug 1996 – Mar 2002

    Graduate Research Assistant, then Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, CA

    with Professor Angelica M. Stacy

  8. Jun 1996 – Aug 1996

    Cooperative Research Fellow

    Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs — Murray Hill, NJ

    with Dr. Lynn F. Schneemeyer

  9. Jun 1995 – Jun 1996

    Undergraduate Research Assistant / Honors Student

    Williams College — Williamstown, MA

    with Professor Lee Y. Park

  10. Jun 1994 – Aug 1994

    NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates

    Hope College — Holland, MI

    with Professor Joanne Stewart

Awards & Honors

  1. 2025

    Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

  2. 2017

    Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

  3. 2014

    Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award

  4. 2012

    Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

  5. 2012

    Margaret B. Hazaleus Award

    Honors those whose efforts at Colorado State University have “served to enhance the environment for women on campus and professionally, served as a role model for women, and/or contributed to our understanding and knowledge about women and girls in society.”

  6. 2011

    Excellence in Storage Technology Commercialization Colorado Cleantech Industry Association

  7. 2011

    ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship

  8. 2010–2015

    NSF CAREER Award

  9. 2008

    Best Teacher Award Nominee CSU Alumni Association

  10. 2007

    ACS/PROGRESS Dreyfus Lectureship Award

  11. 2004

    L’Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship

  12. 2000

    Best Poster Award Materials Research Society, Fall 2000

  13. 2000

    H. H. Dow Memorial Student Award Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering Division, The Electrochemical Society

  14. 1996–2001

    Cooperative Research Fellowship Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs

  15. 1996

    Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award University of California, Berkeley

  16. 1996

    Sigma Xi Elected member

  17. 1995

    Class of 1960 Scholar, Department of Chemistry Williams College

  18. 1995

    Watson Fellowship, Finalist Williams College

Memberships

American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry