Mantra Venture Group Ltd. announced the addition of Professor Plamen Atanassov and Dr. Alexey Serov, both of the University of New Mexico, to its Scientific Advisory Board. These two highly respected researchers will contribute their considerable expertise to the development of Mantra's technologies, particularly in the field of electro-catalyst design and synthesis. Professor Plamen Atanassov (Ph.D.) is the Founding Director of UNM's Center for Emerging Energy Technologies and a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Dr. Alexey Serov (Ph.D.) is a Research Assistant Professor at UNM's Center for Emerging Energy Technologies. After graduating with an Honor Diploma and Gold Medal from the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University, he worked for five years as a researcher in that institution's Division of Inorganic Chemistry.