Yuliya Preger, PhD, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Energy Storage Technology & Systems at Sandia National Laboratories, whose work is centered on the safety and reliability of lithium-ion batteries for grid-level energy storage applications, recently conducted an interview with Battery Power Online. They spoke about the role of the Energy Storage Technology & Systems department at Sandia National Laboratories, how modeling helps predict and prevent LIB safety failures, and where she believes the battery safety field is headed.