Tesla Partners With Dalhousie “On Tuesday morning Tesla Motor’s Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel signed a research agreement with Dalhousie University’s Jeff Dahn, lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery researcher with the Faculty of Science and his group of students, postdoctoral researchers and technical staff. The work is set to begin in June of 2016.” Your Next Steps Apply to Study in Nova Scotia How To Guide Preparing To Study in Nova Scotia