Mantra Venture Group Ltd. and its subsidiary, Mantra Energy Alternatives, have announced the addition of two new personnel to its team. Drs. Ashwin Usgaocar and Christina Gyenge have joined Mantra in its new facilities in Vancouver.

Dr. Ashwin Usgaocar (Ph.D.) is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor John Madden at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He has joined the Mantra team supported by a Mitacs grant designed to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Dr. Gyenge will join Mantra in the role of VP of Technology, Marketing and Innovation.

She will be focused on the positioning of Mantra's technologies in the market and the strategic expansion of the company's technology portfolio.