Advent Technologies Announces Appointment of Katherine E. Fleming, Provost of New York University, to Board of Directors

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Advent Technologies Announces Appointment of Katherine E. Fleming, Provost of New York University, to Board of Directors Business Wire CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — November 12, 2020 Advent Technologies, an innovation-driven company in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, today announced the appointment of Katherine E. Fleming as a new Member […]

  Advent Technologies Announces Appointment of Katherine E. Fleming, Provost
  of New York University, to Board of Directors

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- November 12, 2020

Advent Technologies, an innovation-driven company in the fuel cell and
hydrogen technology space, today announced the appointment of Katherine E.
Fleming as a new Member of its Board of Directors, in the context of its
planned merger with AMCI Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: AMCI) and the upcoming
Nasdaq listing. Advent has recently announced a definitive agreement to merge
with AMCI Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: AMCI) and become listed on the Nasdaq
exchange. Dr. Fleming will join Advent’s board of Advisors immediately, and
the board of directors appointment will commence upon the closing of the
transaction.

Katherine E. Fleming has over fifteen years’ experience in Higher Education
leadership and has been the Provost of New York University (NYU) since 2016,
with responsibility for allocating financial resources and setting strategic
priorities, and with oversight of all Deans and Directors. From 2007-2011 she
directed the Institut Remarque at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, and
from 2012-2016 she served as the President of the Board of the University of
Piraeus (Greece). A historian by training, she earned a BA from Barnard
College of Columbia University, an MA from the University of Chicago, and a
Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She was granted honorary
Greek citizenship by the Hellenic Republic in 2015, and in 2019 was named by
France to the Legion d’Honneur.

Dr. Vasilis Gregoriou, Advent’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
commented: “We are excited to welcome Katherine E. Fleming to our Board of
Directors. Her experience in academia, financial and strategic planning will
be a great addition to the Advent Board while strengthening our company’s
relationship with academia worldwide to promote clean energy research.”

Advent Technologies has been the recipient of many grants in the USA and
Europe with the aim of advancing electrochemistry applications and materials
for clean energy applications. The company has recently announced its
collaboration with  Los Alamos National Labs, University of Texas at Austin
(UT Austin), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), University of New Mexico,
and Toyota Motor North America R&D (TMNA R&D) for next-generation fuel cell
technology for the automotive industry. In addition, the company has recently
received grants for joint development of new materials with Northeastern
University, Cambridge University, Imperial College, Eindhoven Un., CNRS Un. Of
Rennes, and Un. of Geneva, among others.

About Advent Technologies

Advent Technologies is an innovation-driven company in the fuel cell and
hydrogen technology space. Our vision is to accelerate electrification through
advanced materials, components, and next-generation fuel cell technology. Our
technology applies to electrification (fuel cells) and energy storage (flow
batteries, hydrogen production) markets, which we commercialize through
partnerships with Tier1s, OEMs, and System Integrators. For more information
on Advent Technologies, please visit the Company’s website at
Advent Technologies
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