Dietmar Trees

Dr. Dietmar Trees is Co-Founder and CTO at HyWatts, where he leads Research and Development of the novel High temperature Reversible Fuel Cell. He has broad experience in leadership positions in hydrogen fuel cell, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing industries. Prior to HyWatts, he managed development of airplane hydrogen power trains at ZeroAvia and HyPoint, after leading a research team at ASML creating the next-generation architecture for the machines making the most advanced semiconductor chips, which yielded multiple patents including a glass-to-metal seal enabling injection of liquid tin droplets at 1000 bar. He previously held leadership positions at Pratt and Whitney, where he led the Auxiliary Power Unit qualification and certification test department; the Supply Chain organization; and managed the APU program for Airbus. Dietmar began his career as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego, where he published nine scientific papers, including one focused on hydrogen combustion. Dietmar holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Technical University in Aachen and an MBA from UC Irvine.