Work Experience
- National Research Council Canada | Program Director | 2019 – Present
- CMC Research Institutes | Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors | 2019- Present
- OECD | Advanced Materials Steering Committee | 2019 – present
- Creative Destruction Lab | Mentor, Matter & Climate Streams | 2020 – Present
- Action Canada | Fellow | 2020-2021
- Carbon XPRIZE | Co-founder & Finalist | 2016 – 2019
- Toyota Research Institute | Research Scientist | 2018
- IBM TJ Watson Research Institute |Research Scientist | 2016
Education
- University of Toronto | PhD Materials Science & Engineering | 2015 – 2018
- Stanford University | Visiting Scholar | 2018
- University of California, Berkeley | Visiting Scholar | 2017
- University of Ottawa | MSc Chemistry | 2013 – 2015
- University of Windsor |BSc Chemistry | 2009 – 2013
Awards & Distinctions
- Clean50 Emerging Leader | 2021
- Mission Innovation Champion – Canada | 2020
- Action Canada Fellow | 2020
- Forbes Best of Canada Top 30 Innovators | 2019
- Forbes Top 30 Under 30 – Energy | 2019
- GreenBiz Top 30 Under 30 | 2019
- Governor General’s Gold Medal | 2019
- Institute of Corporate Directors Member | 2019
- Creative Destruction Lab Energy Venture – Energy Stream| 2018
- Next36 Entrepreneur | 2018
- NSERC Canada Graduate Scholar | 2016
- Massey College Junior Fellow | 2016 – 2018
- CIFAR Graduate Fellow | 2015 – 2018
Volunteer Experience
- Pinoys on Parliament | Mentor | 2021 – present
- Canadian Commission for UNESCO | Member, Working Group on AI Ethics and Sustainable Development Goals | 2020 – present
- Polestar | Under 30 Forbes Advisory Board | 2020 – present
- Gordon Research Seminars | Co-Chair | 2020
- Massey College | Junior Fellow, Various Committees | 2016 – 2018
- Collaboratory on Energy Research & Policy | 2014 – 2015
- Ottawa Bluesfest | Volunteer | 2013 – 2015
- Epilepsy Canada | Charity Gala Organizer | 2015
