Experience

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  Ontario nature

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2020

  Youth spokesperson and cofounder of youth council

  -Led a 5-member team to raise $90,000 within 6 months from public- and private-sector donors, which resulted in recruiting 1000+ top students aged 13–24 into an award-winning conservation program.-Led successful change in Government of Ontario policy resulting in an 80% reduction of neonicotinoid pesticides by 2017. Advocated the Youth Council's position by liaising with officials and reaching out to the media.

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  Ontario institute for cancer research

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Gene research assistant, genome informatics
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  Ontario science centre

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Student science leader
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  University of toronto

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  Thermodynamics and KineticsChemical PrincipalsPhysical GeographyScience: Tools of the Trade

  • Research Fellow, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Elected Board Member, Campus Affairs Comittee

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Residence & Community Engagement Programming Assistant, Department of Student Life

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  • Sustainability Program Assistant Director, Environmental Affairs Office

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2015
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  St. joseph's healthcare hamilton

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Research assistant
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  Ecole normale supérieure

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Researcher
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  Environment and climate change canada

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2021

  Advisor, sustainable development advisory council member

  -Consulted and produced independent reports for Environment Canada. Reviewed and provided advice on drafts of the 2016–2019 and 2019–2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, which sets out Canada’s environmental and sustainability goals, targets, and actions.-Appointed by the Ministry of Environment to provide expertise for the environmental NGO sector. Evaluated and assessed through interviews the non-profit sector’s interests, points of view, and concerns about the sector’s role in the national strategy over a 24-month period. Show less

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  Kaust

  Jan 2017 - Sept 2019

  -Managed international project collaborations with industry and academic collaborators including Saudi Aramco, SABIC, University of Tokyo, Imperial College London, Stanford University, University of Toronto, and École Polytechnique.-Conceived, tested, evaluated, characterized, and analyzed new research ideas to investigate fundamental electrocatalytic and photocatalytic phenomena for hydrogen production, which led to high-impact peer-reviewed publications.-Appointed as fire warden and certified health, safety, and environment (HSE) compliance officer.-Presented and reported catalysis research results at international conferences (Mexico, Japan, France, USA, China) with audiences up to 200 scientists and industry professionals. Show less

  • Researcher, Solar Technologies, KAUST Catalysis Center

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2019

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
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  Esrf - the european synchrotron

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  Researcher
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  The university of tokyo

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Lab design advisor
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  Slac national accelerator laboratory

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Researcher
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  Slac national accelerator laboratory

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2022

  Research scientist

  -Managed and led multi-stakeholder projects with public and private sector collaborators. Worked with to analyze the cause and effects of pipeline corrosion and how to prevent further oil spills.-Wrote grants for renewable energy research. Worked on H2 production, CO2 reduction, and biofuel projects.-Supervised, led, and trained highly skilled interdisciplinary research teams.

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  Ontario nature

  May 2022 - now

  Board member

  -Overlook the charity’s distribution of donations (worth over $4 million) towards the protection of vital species and habitats in Ontario through conservation, education, and advocacy.-Provided expertise and strategic analysis for the charity’s policy and advocacy campaigns.-Responsible for expanding the charity’s youth engagement.

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  Conservation council of new brunswick

  Jan 2023 - now

  Director of climate research and policy

  -Project Lead of climate change solutions - particularly those related to policy and programs associated with reducing pollution in the energy sector and transitioning to a non-polluting electricity sector-Write proposals for solutions in the form of government submissions, letters to decision-makers, research reports, publication of proposals aimed at influencing government decision-making on climate change policy, regulation and or programming primarily targeting federal and provincial decision makers-Project Lead on climate change policy issues, with particular priority on electrification, electricity transition, federal and provincial regulatory proposals, including the federal clean electricity regulation, coal phaseout regulation, clean fuels standard, transmission, etc. Show less