1Energy, Mining and Environment Research Center, National Research Council Canada, 4250 Wesbrook Mall, V6T 1 W5, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, V6T 1Z1, Vancouver, BC, Canada
3Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, BC, Canada
4Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2360 East Mall, V6T 1Z3, Vancouver, BC, Canada
5Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia, 2355 East Mall, V6T 1Z4, Vancouver, BC, Canada
6Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), 661 University Avenue, M5G 1M1, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Faezeh Habibzadehreceived her Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from Michigan State University, where she worked on the electrocatalytic oxidation of ammonia under mild conditions. After graduation, Dr. Habibzadeh continued her work in the field of electrocatalysis at the University of British Columbia in Prof. Berlinguette’s research group and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Dr. Habibzadeh’s research interests include CO2 capture and electrolysis, development and evaluation of electrocatalyst materials, characterization of anion exchange membranes, and accelerated material discovery.
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Peter Mardleis a Research Assistant at the Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre for the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). He received his MChem from the University of Southampton, UK, in 2015. In 2020, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, UK, as part of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s (EPSRC) Centre for Doctoral Training in Fuel Cells and their Fuels. Dr. Mardle then joined Prof. Holdcroft’s group as a postdoctoral researcher at Simon Fraser University, Canada, until 2022. He has expertise in catalyst and ionomer material development and electrochemical characterization for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, CO2 electrolyzers and alkaline exchange membrane water electrolyzers.
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Nana Zhaoreceived her Ph.D. degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2008. After obtaining her Ph.D. degree, she joined Prof. Ting Xu’s group as a postdoctoral fellow to carry out research on polymer membranes in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Upon completing one term of postdoctoral research, she took a position as a research associate at the National Research Council of Canada − Energy, Mining and Environment Portfolio (NRCEME, formerly the NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation) for two years. In 2013, she joined Vancouver International Clean-Tech Research Institute Inc. (VICTRII) as a research scientist. Since joining NRC as a Research Officer in 2015, Dr. Zhao has been working on polymer materials and polymer membranes in the application of electrochemical energy conversion devices, including proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB), polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysis and electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. These research activities involve synthesis, evaluation and characterization of ionomer and polymer membranes; membrane performance and durability testing and diagnosis; membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design and fabrication; MEA defects for quality control (QC) of PEMFC and water electrolyzer components. Dr. Zhao has coauthored more than 30 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals, coedited one book related to PEM water electrolysis and eight granted patents.
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Harry D. Rileyis an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia (UBC), studying Materials Engineering. He will graduate in 2024 with a Bachelor degree of Applied Science and hopes to move into the automotive field. He worked at National Research Canada during 2020–2021 as a co-op student on material characterization for vanadium redox flow batteries and CO2 electrolysis. Currently, he is the captain of Formula UBC Racing, an engineering design team at UBC, working on understanding the heat transfer due to stress by modelling using the finite element analysis in the Abaqus CAE software.
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Danielle A. Salvatorecompleted her Ph.D. in the Berlinguette group at UBC in 2020. She received her M.A.Sc. degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from UBC in 2015 and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from McGill University in 2013. Her research interests include CO2 electrolyzer design and optimization.
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Curtis P. Berlinguetteleads a multidisciplinary team at the University of British Columbia that designs and builds electrochemical reactors to power the planet. These reactors are designed to use electricity to: (i) convert CO2 into fuels and products; (ii) decarbonize the built environment; and (iii) upgrade commodity chemicals. Dr. Berlinguette is a Distinguished University Scholar at UBC, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a CIFAR Program Director.
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Steven Holdcroftis a Professor of Chemistry at Simon Fraser, Canada Research Chair, former Departmental Chair and Past President of the Canadian Society for Chemistry. He researches materials for electrochemical energy conversion & storage. He is the author of 300 peer-reviewed articles. He was a board of director of the Canadian Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Association for over 10 years. Dr. Holdcroft has received the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Canadian Society of Canada RioTinto Alcan Award for electrochemistry. He was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada in 2021.
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Zhiqing Shiis a Senior Research Officer in Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre at National Research Council Canada (NRC). He received his B.Eng. and M.Sc. degrees from the East China University of Chemical Technology, Ph.D. degree from Simon Fraser University. His research career started as early as in 1987 at Shanghai 3F New Materials Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) on fluoropolymer synthesis. Dr. Shi joined at NRC in 2002 and has extended his research interest from polymer synthesis into ion exchange membranes for PEM fuel cells, and recently for other clean energy applications such as vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB), CO2 electrolyzers, and water electrolyzers. As a well recognized expert in ion exchange membranes with traceable impacts on the Canadian industry, his expertise has been consistently demonstrated through leading a significant number of sizable projects collaborating with universities, industries, and governments, nationally and internationally.
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