Lampe-Önnerud had an interest in science early on, making fireworks in a basement bathtub and playing with chemistry and electrical kits as a child.
[1] Lampe-Önnerud considered careers in opera singing and medicine and was offered a scholarship for an 8-year program for a medical doctorate degree but turned it down her senior year of high school.
They strive to be an organization that values and celebrates diversity among its members — empowering women to rise to their highest level of musicality through singing and performing.
(https://www.silknsounds.org/join-us#director) Lampe-Önnerud has focused her career on energy storage since her time at Uppsala University, where her father had an interest in power generation.
She joined Bell Communications Research in New Jersey in 1995, as a director and senior scientist, working on prototypes for thin-film polymer lithium batteries.
In 2009, Lampe-Önnerud was a member of the European Union's Presidential delegation to China and Premier Wen Jiabao, dealing with subjects such as clean technology deployment, CSR, and international trade.
Additionally, starting in 2009, Lampe-Önnerud was elected Co-Chairman of the Global Future Council on Energy at the World Economic Forum.
She serves on multiple working groups and as a speaker at the WEF on topics ranging from global innovation to renewable transport and finance.
[4][6] Her work aims at developing efficient, safe, lasting, and inexpensive batteries for various technologies, including computers, phones, and cars.
[7][11] The lithium-ion battery she invented is the first to be considered environmentally friendly while capable of providing long-lasting energy safely to various types of technology.
[1] She describes Cadenza's 2016 battery design, which involves a ceramic insert in an aluminum container, as "an energy LEGO-brick for engineers".
From 2016 through 2019, Lampe-Önnerud served as the non-executive director of Syrah Resources Limited, an Australian-based company focusing on minerals and technology for industrial use.