Phil De Luna

Phil De Luna is  director of materials for clean fuels at the National Research Council of Canada where he built and leads a seven-year, $57 million collaborative R&D program focused on developing disruptive technologies to decarbonize Canada. His research on CO2 conversion and accelerated materials discovery has been published in high-impact journals such as Science and Nature. He is a Governor General Gold Medalist, a Forbes Top 30 Under 30, GreenBiz 30 Under 30 in 2019,  a 2x TEDx speaker, a member of the Royal Society of Canada, an adjunct professor at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto, an Action Canada Fellow, and a former Federal MP candidate. He has appeared in several documentaries and co-hosts a podcast called "What’s Next In..."