Cracking the Code to High Impact Publishing
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What I do
I develop solutions to fight climate change.
I consider myself a research capitalist – finding, co-investing, and developing the most impactful technologies to decarbonize our economy.
Research & Development
I am an award-winning materials scientist, my research on carbontech and artificial intelligence has been published in high-impact journals such as Nature and Science
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship
I co-founded a carbontech venture and was a finalist in the Carbon XPRIZE. I now mentor startups and entrepreneurs via the Creative Destruction Lab and perform technology assessments for the NRC, DOE, and venture capital firms.
Executive Governance
I sit on multiple boards including as Chairman at Carbon Management Canada, a carbontech nonprofit focused on industrial decarbonization. I have proven expertise in strategic planning and stakeholder engagement.
Public Speaking
I have given hundreds of talks, speeches, interviews, and podcasts including two TEDx talks. I speak regularly on innovation, science, diversity, and early career development.
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Policy & Thought Leadership
I've worked with the OECD, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and Action Canada on innovation policy.
I regularly write op-eds on science, climate change, diversity, and politics in the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Corporate Knights, and more.
Diversity & Mentorship
As a Filipino-Canadian immigrant to Canada, I am passionate about increasing diversity, especially in leadership positions. I mentor young people through the Fobes Close the Gap Foundation and other non-profit programs.
Driven to Make Impact
$57M
R&D program built and led at the National Research Council
15K+
citations, top 0.1% worldwide
12+
cleantech startups mentored
5
Science & Nature publications, 50 total, 14 op-eds, 1 book, 1 podcast
My Story
I am currently the Chief Carbon Scientist and Head of Engineering at Deep Sky, a state-backed carbon removals project developer focused on rapidly scaling and deploying direct air and direct ocean capture technologies in Canada. I lead our technology development, partnerships, and facility build out.
I was an Expert, Sustainability at McKinsey & Company and the first Canadian hire in the McKinsey Platform for Climate Technologies, where I helped investors, incumbents, and innovators develop, deploy, and invest in emerging carbontech. I served pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, airlines, CO2-to-fuels startups, and energy companies on the sustainable transition.
I was the youngest-ever Director at the National Research Council of Canada where I built and led a $57M collaborative research program on Canada-made transformative technologies to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. I oversaw a portfolio of >40 projects across four countries and supervised a team of >40 national lab scientists.
I am a Governor General Gold Medal-winning scientist, a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto. My research on CO2 conversion and accelerated materials discovery has been published in high-impact journals like Science and Nature and I have been recognized as the top 0.01% in my field by Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers.
I serve as Chair on the Board of Directors of CMC Research Institutes (a carbontech non-profit). I was also a founding Mentor of the Matter and Climate Streams in Creative Destruction Lab, helping science-based startups bring advanced technology to market.
I was an entrepreneur and innovator having raised $2M in non-dilutive funding as a carbontech co-founder, Carbon XPRIZE Finalist (1 of 10 globally), an On Deck Climate Fellow, and a Forbes Top 30 Under 30.
I have worked with the OECD, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and as an Action Canada Fellow on impactful public policy. I ran to become a Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Canada in the 2021 Federal Election to bring more science to politics, raising the most money ever for my riding.
I’ve given hundreds of talks, interviews, podcasts, and commentaries on science, climate change, innovation, public policy, and increasing diversity in leadership positions.
- Deep Sky
Chief Carbon Scientist & Head of Engineering | 2023 – present - McKinsey & Company
Expert, Sustainability | 2022 – 2023 - National Research Council of Canada
Director, Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge Program | 2019 – 2022 - University of Toronto
Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering | 2022 – present - Carbon Management Canada
Chair, Board of Directors | 2019 – present - Creative Destruction Lab
Mentor, Climate & Matter | 2020 – present - Green Party of Canada
Candidate for Member of Parliament, Toronto-St. Paul’s | 2021 - Carbon XPRIZE
Finalist, Venture Co-founder | 2016 – 2019
- University of Toronto
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering | 2015 – 2018 - University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Scholar | 2017 - University of Ottawa
MSc. Chemistry | 2013 – 2015 - University of Windsor
BSc. Chemistry | 2009 – 2013
- Royal Society of Canada
Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists - OECD
Member of the Advanced Materials Steering Committee - Canadian Commission for UNESCO
Member of the Working Group on AI and Sustainable Development Goals - Action Canada
Fellow - Green Angel Syndicate
Honorary Member - Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI)
Energy Storage Moonshoot Steering Committee Member - On Deck
Climatetech Fellow - Forbes Close the Gap
Mentor
Publications
My work has been published in high-impact scientific journals, in international policy reports, and in national newspapers and magazines. See below for a full list of my work.
- The world needs to capture, use, and store gigatons of CO2: Where and how?, McKinsey & Company, Apr 2023.
- Scaling the CCUS industry to achieve net-zero emissions, McKinsey & Company, Oct 2022.
- Growing the Next Crop of Canadian Farmers, Action Canada Fellowship Report, Public Policy Forum, Mar 2021.
- A Better Tomorrow: Policy Priorities for Toronto-St. Paul’s, 2021 Campaign Election Platform, Aug 2021.
- Collaborative platforms for innovation in advanced materials, OECD Science, Technology, and Industry, Policy Papers, No. 95, Dec 2020.
- How Canada Can Meet the Climate Challenge of Net-Zero, Canadian Science Policy Magazine, Issue 2, Nov 2020.
- Why Canada is Poised to Become a Carbon Removal Super Power, Forbes, Nov 2023
- A Five-Point Plan for Canada to Reach Net-Zero by 2050, Globe Series, Aug 2021
- When the Green Party fights, its candidates end up getting bruised, Hill Times, Aug 2021
- Why Canada Needs a Shared Urban and Rural Response to the Clean Energy Transition, Clean50, July 2021
- Does Canada really want diversity in its politics? iPolitics, June 2021
- Politics needs green innovators too, GreenBiz, June 2021
- Scientists are missing in politics and this needs to change, Toronto Star, June 2021
- How Running for Office Is like Building a Technology Startup, Bay Street Bull, May 2021
- Why Canada needs more scientists running for office, Corporate Knights, May 2021
- Choosing from the heart, Science, April 2021
- The Cleantech Opportunity in a Post-COVID-19 World, Bay Street Bull, Feb 2021
- How COVID-19 innovation can teach us to build back greener, Corporate Knights, Feb 2021
- I’ve never had a role model in senior management who looked like me. This needs to change, Toronto Star, Aug 2020
- If you want a diverse workforce, you need diverse leadership, Corporate Knights, Aug 2020
- Bringing together diverse voices for climate action, Globe & Mail, Jan 2020
2022
2021
- Cao, X. E. & De Luna, P. Why we need scientists to make sustainable policies. Matter, 2021, 4(9), 2690-2693
- Hui, S., & De Luna, P. How increasing proton and electron conduction benefits electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Matter, 2021, 4(5), 1555-1577
- Wen, Y., Chen, P., Wang, L., Li, S., Wang, Z., Abed, J., Mao, X., Min, Y., Dinh, C.T., De Luna, P. Huang, R., Zhang, L., Wang, L., Wang, L., Nielsen, R.J., Li, H., Zhuang, T., Ke, C., Voznyy, O., Hu,Y., Li, Y., Goddard III, W.A., Zhang, B., Peng, H., Sargent, E.H. Stabilizing Highly Active Ru Sites by Suppressing Lattice Oxygen Participation in Acidic Water Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 17, 6482-6490
2020
- Zhong, M.,* Tran, K.,* Min, Y.,* Wang, C.,* Wang, Z., Dinh, C. T., De Luna, P., Yu, Z., Rasouli, A. S., Brodersen, P., Sun, S., Voznyy, O., Tan, C. S., Askerka, M., Che, F., Liu, M., Seifitokaldani, A., Pang, Y., Lo, S. C., Ip, A., Ulissi, Z., & Sargent, E. H. Accelerated discovery of CO2 electrocatalysts using active machine learning. Nature, 2020, 581, 178-183
- Nam, D. H.,* De Luna, P.,* Rosas-Hernandez, A., Thevenon, A., Li, F., Agapie, T., Peters, J. C., Shekhah, O., Eddaoudi, M., & Sargent, E. H. Molecular enhancement of heterogeneous CO2 reduction. Nature Materials, 2020, 19, 226-276
- Zhang, B., Wang, L., Cao, Z., Kozlov, S. M., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Dinh, C. T., Li, J., Wang, Z., Zheng, X., Zhang, L., Wen, Y., Voznyy, O., Comin, R., De Luna, P., Reiger, T., Bi, W., Alp, E. E., Pao, C. W., Zheng, L., Hu, Y., Ji, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Cavallo, L., Peng, H., Sargent, E. H. High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3 d metal oxidation cycle energetics. Nature Catalysis, 2020, 3, 985-992
- Coskun, H., Aljabour, A., De Luna, P., Sun, H., Nishiumi, N., Yoshida, T., Koller, G., Ramsey, M. G., Greunz, T., Stifter, D., Strobel, M., Hild, S., Hassel, A. W., Sariciftci, N. S., Sargent E. H., & Stadler, P. Metal‐Free Hydrogen‐Bonded Polymers Mimic Noble Metal Electrocatalysts. Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(25)
- Hui, S., Shaigan, N., Neburchilov, V., Zhang, L., Malek, K., Eikerling, M., & De Luna, P. Three-Dimensional Cathodes for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2: From Macro- to Nano-Engineering. Nanomaterials, 2020, 10(9), 1884
2019
- De Luna, P., Hahn, C., Higgins, D., Jaffer, S. A., Jaramillo, T. F., & Sargent, E. H. What would it take for renewably powered electrosynthesis to displace petrochemical processes? Science, 2019, 364, 6438
- Ross, M. B., De Luna, P., Li, Y., Dinh, C. T., Kim, D., Yang, P., & Sargent E. H. Designing materials for electrochemical carbon dioxide recycling. Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 648-658
- Liu, M., Liu, M., Wang, X., Kozlov, S. M., Cao, Z., De Luna, P., Li, H., Qui, X., Liu, K., Hu, J., Jia, C., Wang, P., Zhou, H., He, J., Zhong, M., Lan, X., Zhou, Y., Wang, Z., Li, J., Seifitokaldani, A., Dinh, C. T., Liang, H., Zou, C., Zhang, D., Yang, Y., Chan, T. S., Han, Y., Cavallo, L., Sham, T. K., Hwang, B. J., & Sargent, E. H. Quantum-Dot-Derived Catalysts for CO2 Reduction Reaction. Joule, 2019, 3, 1-16
- Duan, G., Chen, L., Jing, Z., De Luna, P., Wen, L., Zhang, L., Zhao, L., Xu, J., Li, Z., Yang, Z., & Ruhong, Z. Robust Antibacterial Activity of Tungsten Oxide (WO3‑x) Nanodots. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2019, 32(7), 1357-1366
- Nandi, S., De Luna, P., Maity, R., Chakraborty, D., Daff, T. D., Burns, T. D., Woo, T. K., Ramanathan, V. Imparting Gas Selective and Pressure Dependent Porosity into a Non-Porous Solid via Coordination Flexibility. Materials Horizons, 2019, 6, 1883-1891
- Pang, Y., Li, J., Wang, Z., Tan, C. S., Hsieh, P. L., Zhuang, T. T., Liang, Z. Q., Zou, C., Wang, X., De Luna, P., Edwards, J. P., Xu, Y., Li, F., Dinh, C. T., Zhong, M., Lou, Y., Wu, D., Chen, L. J., Sargent, E. H., & Sinton, D. Efficient electrocatalytic conversion of carbon monoxide to propanol using fragmented copper. Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 251-258
- Ross, M. B., Li, Yi., De Luna, P., Kim, D., Sargent, E. H., & Yang, P. Electrocatalytic Rate Alignment Enhances Syngas Generation. Joule. 2019, 3 (1), 257-264
2018
- Dinh, C. T.,* Jain, A.,* de Arquer, F. P. G.,* De Luna, P., Wang, N., Zheng, X., Cai, J., Gregory, B. Z., Voznyy O., Zhang, B., Liu, M., Sinton, D., Crumlin, E. J., & Sargent, E. H. Multi-Site Catalysts Destabilize Water Molecules and Achieve High-Activity Neutral Hydrogen Evolution. Nature Energy. 2018, 4, 107-114
- Li, J.,* Che, F.,* Pang, Y.,* Zou, C.,* Howe, J. Y., Burdynyn, T., Edwards, J. P., Wang, Y., Li, F., De Luna, P., Dinh, C. T., Zhuang, T. T., Saidaminov, M. I., Cheng, S., Wu, T., Finfrock, Y. Z., Ma, L., Hsieh, S. H., Liu, Y., Botton, G., Pong, W. F., Du, X., Guo J., Sham, T. K., Sargent, E. H., & Sinton, D. Copper adparticle enabled selective electrosynthesis of n-propanol. Nature Communications. 2018, 9, 4614
- Zhuang, T. T.,* Pang, Y.,* Liang, Z. Q., Li, Y., Tan, C. S., Li, J., Din, C. T., De Luna, P., Hsieh, P. L., Burdyny, T., Li, H. H., Liu, M., Wang, Y., Li, F., Proppe, A., Johnston, A., Wu, Z. Y., Zheng, Y. R., Ip, A. H., Tan, H., Chen, L. J., Yu, S. H., Kelly, S. O., Sinton, D., & Sargent, E. H. Copper nanocavities confine intermediates for efficient electrosynthesis of C3 alcohol fuels from carbon monoxide. Nature Catalysis. 2018, 1, 945-951
- Kibria, M. G., Dinh, C. T., Seifitokaldani, A., De Luna, P., Burdyny, T., Quintero-Bermudez, R., Ross, M. B., Bushuyev, O. S., de Arquer, F. P. G., Yang, P., Sinton, D., & Sargent, E. H. A Surface Reconstruction Route to High Productivity and Selectivity in CO2 Electroreduction Toward C2+ Hydrocarbons. Advanced Materials. 2018, 30 (49), 1804867
- Liang, Z.,* Zhuang, T.,* Seifitokaldani, A., Tan C. S., Li, Y., De Luna, P., Huang, C. W., Hsieh, P. L., Dinh, C. T., Wang, Y., Quintero-Bermudez, R., Zhou, Y., Li, J., Chen, P., Pang, Y., Lo, S. C., Chen, L. J., Tan, H., Xu, Z., Zhao, S., & Sargent, E. H. Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2. Nature Communications. 2018, 9, 3828
- De Luna, P., Liang, W., Mallick, A., Shekhah, O., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Proppe, A., Todorovic, P., Kelley, S. O., Sargent, E. H., & Eddaoudi, M. Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films on High-Curvature Nanostructures Towards Tandem Electrocatalysis. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces. 2018, 10 (37), 31225–31232
- Nam, D. H., Bushuyev, O. S., Li, J., De Luna, P., Seifitokaldani, A., Dinh, C. T., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Wang, Y., Liang, Z., Proppe, A. H., Tan, C. S., Todorovic, P., Shekhah, O., Gabardo, C. M., Jo, J. W., Choi, J., Choi, M. J., Baek, S. W., Kim, J., Sinton, D., Kelley, S. O., Eddaoudi, M., & Sargent, E. H. Metal-Organic Frameworks Mediate Cu Coordination for Selective CO2 Electroreduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2018, 140 (36), 11378–1138
- García de Arquer, F. P.,* Bushuyev, O. S.,* De Luna, P.,* Dinh, C. T., Seifitokaldani, A., Saidaminov, M. I., Quan, L. N., Proppe, A., Kibria, M. G., Kelley, S., Sinton, D., & Sargent, E. H. 2D Metal Oxyhalide-Derived Catalysts for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction. Advanced Materials. 2018, 1802858
- Zhou, Y.,* Che, F.,* Liu, M.,* Zou, C., Liang, Z.Q., De Luna, P., Yuan, H., Li, J., Wang, Z., Chen, P., Bladt, E., Quintero-Bermudez, R., Sham, T. K., Bals, S., Hofkens, J., Sinton, D., Chen, G., & Sargent, E. H. Dopant-induced electron localization drives CO2 reduction to C2 hydrocarbons. Nature Chemistry. 2018, 10, 974–980
- Zhuang, T.,* Liang, Z.Q.,* Seifitokaldani, A.,* Li, Y., De Luna, P., Burdyny, T., Meng, F., Quintero-Bermudez, R., Dinh, C.T., Zhong, M., Che, F.L., Zhang, B., Li, J., Chen, P.N., Zheng, X.L., Liang, H.Y., Ge, W.N., Ye, B.J., Sinton, D., Yu, S.H., & Sargent, E.H. Steering post-C-C coupling selectivity enables high efficiency electroreduction of carbon dioxide to multi-carbon alcohols. Nature Catalysis. 2018, 1, 421–428
- Dinh, C. T.,* Burdyny, T.,* Kibria, M.,* Seifitokaldani, A.,* Gabardo, C., de Arquer, F. P. G., Kiani, A., Edwards, J., De Luna, P., Bushuyev, O., Zou, C., Quintero-Bermudez, R., Pang, Y., Sinton, D., & Sargent E. H. Sustained high-selectivity CO2electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated catalysis at an abrupt reaction interface. Science. 2018, 360 (6390), 783-787
- He, S., Zhang, Y., Qiu, L., Zhang, L., Zhang B., Xie, Y., Pan, J., Chen, P., Song, H., Hu, Y., Wang, B., Dinh, C. T., De Luna, P., Banis, M. N., Wang, Z., Sham, T. K., Gong, X., Peng, H., Sargent, E. H. Chemical‐to‐Electricity Carbon: Water Device. Advanced Materials. 2018, 1707635
- Bushuyev, O.S.*, De Luna, P.*, Dinh, C.T., Tao, L., Saur, G., van de Lagemaat, J., Kelley, S. O., Sargent, E.H. What should we make with CO2 and how can we make it? Joule. 2018, 2 (5), 825-832
- De Luna, P.*, Quintero-Bermudez, R.*, Dinh, C. T., Ross, M. B., Bushuyev, O., Todorovic, P., Regier, T., Yang, P., & Sargent, E. H. Electro-redeposited catalysts control morphology and oxidation state for selective carbon dioxide reduction. Nature Catalysis. 2018, 1 (2), 103-110
2017
- De Luna, P., Wei, J. N., Bengio, Y., Aspuru-Guzik, A., & Sargent, E. H. Use machine learning to find energy materials. Nature. 2017, 552 (7683), 23-25
- Zheng, X.*, Zhang, B.*, De Luna, P.*, Liang, Y., Comin, R., Voznyy, O., Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Liu M., Dinh, C.T., Dynes, J., Regier, T., Xin, H. L., Prendergast, D., Du, X., & Sargent, E. H. Theory-driven design of high-valence metal sites for water oxidation confirmed using in-situ soft X-ray absorption. Nature Chemistry. 2017, 10 (2), 149-154
- Zheng, X.*, De Luna, P.*, Garcia de Arquer, F. P., Zhang, B., Becknell, N., Ross, M., Liu, M., Banis, M. N., Voznyy, O., Dinh, C.T., Zhuang, T., Du, X., Yang, P., & Sargent, E. H. Sulfur-modulated tin sites enable efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate. Joule. 2017, 1 (4), 794-805
- Coskun, H., Aljabour A., De Luna, P., Farka D., Greunz, T., Stifter, D., Kus, M., Zheng, X., Liu, M., Sariciftci, N. S., Sargent, E. H., & Stadler, P. Biofunctionalized conductive polymers enable efficient CO2 electroreduction. Science Advances. 2017, 3 (8), e1700686
- Ross, M. B., Dinh, C. T., Li, Yi., Kim, D., De Luna, P., Sargent, E. H., & Yang, P. Cu-Enrichment of Nanostructured Catalysts Enables Designer Syngas Electrosynthesis from CO2. Journal of American Chemical Society. 2017, 139 (27), 9359–9363
- Klinkova, A., De Luna, P., Sargent, E. H., Kumacheva, E., & Cherepanov, P. V. Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of palladium nanoparticles with high energy surfaces in formic acid oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017, 5, 11582-11585
- De Luna, P., Mahshid, S., Das, J., Luan, B., Sargent, E. H., Kelley, S. O., Zhou, R. High-Curvature Nanostructuring Enhances Probe Display for Biomolecular Detection. Nano Letters. 2017, 17 (2), 1289–1295
- Zhang, W., Ye, C., De Luna, P., Zhou, R. Snatching the Ligand or Destroying the Structure: Disruption of WW Domain by Phosphorene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017, 121 (2), 1362–1370
- Gu, Z., De Luna, P., Yang, Z., Zhou, R. (2017). Structural Influence of Proteins Upon Adsorption to MoS2 Nanomaterials: Comparison of MoS2 Force Field Parameters. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19, 3039-3045
2016
- Klinkova, A.*, De Luna, P.*, Dinh, C.T., Voznyy, O., Larin, E.M., Kumacheva, E., Sargent, E.H. Rational Design of Efficient Palladium Catalysts for Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate. ACS Catalysis. 2016, 6 (12), 8115-8120
- Liu, M.*, Pang Y.*, Zhang, B.*, De Luna, P.*, Voznyy, O., Xu, J., Zheng, X., Dinh, C.T., Fan, F., Cao, C., García de Arquer, F. P., Safaei, T. S., Mepham, A., Klinkova, A., Kumacheva, E., Filleter, T., Sinton, D., Kelley S. O., & Sargent, E. H. Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction via Field-Induced Reagent Concentration. Nature, 2016, 537 (7620), 382–386
- Briard, J.G*, Fernandez, M.*, De Luna, P., Woo, T.K., Ben, R.N. QSAR Accelerated Discovery of Potent Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors. Scientific Reports. 2016, (6), 26403
- Zhang, B., Zheng, X., Voznyy, O., Comin, R., Bajdich, M., García-Melchor, M., Xu, J., Liu, M., García de Arquer, F. P., Dinh, C.T., Fan, F., Yuan, M., Yassitepe, E., Janmohamed, A., Chen, N., Reiger, T., Han, L., Liu, P., Li, Y., De Luna, P., Xin, H.L., Zheng, L., Vojvodic, A., & Sargent, E.H. Homogeneously-Dispersed Multi-Metal Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts. Science. 2016, 352 (6283), 333-337
2015
2013
- De Luna, P., Bushnell, E. A., & Gauld, J. W. A Molecular Dynamics Examination on Mutation Induced Catalase Activity in Coral Allene Oxide Synthase. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2013, 117 (47), 14635–14641
- De Luna, P., Bushnell, E. A., & Gauld, J. W. A Density Functional Theory Investigation into the Binding of the Antioxidants Ergothioneine and Ovothiol to Copper. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2013, 117 (19), 4057–4065
- Ion, B. F., Bushnell, E. A., De Luna, P., & Gauld, J. W. A Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Study on Ornithine Cyclodeaminase (OCD): A Tale of Two Iminiums. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2012, 13(10), 12994-13011
Media & Press
I have been featured in mainstream media, on podcasts, documentaries, and more. I regularly speak on science and innovation, clean technology, and diversity.
- The Nature of Things, S61 EP10, “Carbon”, Apr. 2022
- Handful of Films, “Carbon – The Unauthorised Biography” Mar. 2022
- TEDxToronto, “We can’t fight emissions if we keep fighting each other” Dec. 2021
- World Gold Council, “The Golden Thread: Unlocking the Extraordinary” Nov. 2021
- Forbes, “How Phil De Luna Is Shaping The Future Of Clean Energy” Jan. 2021
- TEDxUofT, “Why the Future of Discovery Will Be Self-Driven” Nov. 2020
- VICE, “Meet the 28-Year-Old Leading a $57 Million Research Program to Decarbonize Canada” Apr. 2020
- Election 2021, “Vote for Science. Vote for Phil De Luna for Toronto-St. Paul’s” Sept. 2021
- Green Economy Heroes, Deep Sky: A Carbon Removal Developer, Sept. 2023
- CIBC The Sustainability Agenda, The carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies landscape, Oct. 2023
- Connected Intelligence with Sonia Sennik, On Relationships, Apr. 2023
- uOttawaKnow by University of Ottawa, Carbontech, Sustainability and Moving the Needle on Climate Change, Jan. 2023
- De Gruyter Podcast, Book Talk: Phil De Luna on Accelerated Materials Discovery, Sep. 2022
- 1% Inspiration, Being a Research Capitalist and How Engineers can Tackle Climate Change, Jul. 2022
- The 360 on Energy and Carbon, A Sustainable Future with Dr. Phil De Luna, Episode 42, Apr. 2022
- On Docs by TVO, Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography, Apr. 2022
- Tell Me More: Coffee with Chris Yip, Season 2, Episode 3, Mar. 2022
- Filipino Fridays, Making an Impact: Being the First of a Kind featuring Dr. Phil De Luna, Aug. 2021
- Periodically Political, Season 1, Episode 14, Jul. 2021
- Giatec, Getting to Net Zero with Phil De Luna, Apr. 2021
- Hot Talk: A Climate Change Podcast, “EP 7, Reversing Climate Change” Dec. 2020
- Forbes Ignite, Inner Wealth with Phil De Luna, Nov. 2020
- Pipelines and Turbines, Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge (w Phil De Luna), Jul. 2020
- Foreward: How Stories Drive Change, How scientists can use story to maximize impact, Mar. 2020
- Toronto Star, “Banned in some communities, the future of the drive-thru is far from clear” June 2022
- Creative Destruction Labs, “Carbontech Innovator Phil De Luna Provides Advice to Emerging Cleantech Startups” Apr 2022
- GreenBiz, “How to build a business plan from your academic sustainability research” Mar 2022
- Globe & Mail, “Meet 50 emerging leaders reinventing how Canada does business” Feb 2022
- Mission Innovation, “Canada’s De Luna approaches climate innovation from three different perspectives – the public sector, private sector and academia” Jan 2022
- TEDxToronto, “We can’t fight emissions if we keep fighting each other” Dec. 2021
- Corporate Knights, Young & relentless: Canada’s top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2021, Nov. 2021
- National Observer, Young Toronto Green candidate thinks politicians need a science lesson, Sept. 2021
- Royal Society of Canada, The RSC presents the class of 2021, Sept. 2021
- Hill Times, Much to be desired in party outreach to marginalized, minority communities this election, say advocates, Sept. 2021
- Globe Series, A Five-Point Plan for Canada to Reach Net-Zero by 2050, Aug 2021
- Hill Times, When the Green Party fights, its candidates end up getting bruised, Aug 2021
- Clean50, Why Canada Needs a Shared Urban and Rural Response to the Clean Energy Transition, July 2021
- iPolitics, Does Canada really want diversity in its politics? June 2021
- GreenBiz, Politics needs green innovators too, June 2021
- Toronto Star, Scientists are missing in politics and this needs to change, June 2021
- Bay Street Bull, How Running for Office Is like Building a Technology Startup, May 2021
- Corporate Knights, Why Canada needs more scientists running for office, May 2021
- Bay Street Bull, “From Drag Queens to Fintech Founders, Meet the 2021 Bay Street Bull 30X30” Apr. 2021
- Clean50, “Canada’s Top Sustainability Leaders Honoured during Earth Week” Apr. 2021
- Science Magazine, “Choosing from the heart” Apr. 2021
- Nuclear Innovation Institute, “Interview with Phil De Luna on Climate Change” Mar. 2021
- Corporate Knights, “Op-ed: How COVID-19 innovation can teach us to build back greener” Feb. 2021
- Globe and Mail, “Globe Climate: Canada’s resource reckoning is coming” Feb. 2021
- Bay Street Bull, “Op-ed: The Cleantech Opportunity in a Post-COVID-19 World” Feb. 2021
- BloombergNEF, “Interview: Developing the Technology to Decarbonize Canada” Feb. 2021
- Global TV, “Saskatoon Morning News, Interview with Phil De Luna” Jan. 2021
- Forbes, “How Phil De Luna is Shaping the Future of Clean Energy” Jan. 2021
- Hot Talk: A Climate Change Podcast, “EP 7, Reversing Climate Change” Dec. 2020
- Forbes Ignite, “Inner Wealth Podcast Episode – Phil De Luna” Nov. 2020
- Canadian Science Policy Centre Magazine, “How Canada Can Meet the Climate Challenge of Net-Zero” Nov. 2020
- Corporate Knights Feature, “Meet three of Canada’s top young researchers” Nov. 2020
- TEDx Talk, “Why the future of discovery will be self-driven” Nov. 2020
- Falling Walls Circle Table, “Powering Climate Neutrality – The Future of Hydrogen” Oct. 2020
- 11th Clean Energy Ministerial, “The journey of clean energy innovators panel” Sept. 2020
- Toronto Star, “I’ve never had a role model in senior management who looked like me. This needs to change” Aug. 2020
- Corporate Knights, “If you want a diverse workforce, you need diverse leadership” Aug. 2020
- Pipelines and Turbines Podcast, “Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge” July 2020
- Chemical Institute of Canada Virtual Talk, “Self-Driving Labs for Materials Discovery” July 2020
- Inquirer, “Meet 28-year-old youngest director in Canada’s Nat’l Research Council” July 2020
- VICE Mini-Documentary, “Empowered, Episode 2” May 2020
- SustainED Webinar, “A Cleantech Interview with Phil De Luna”. Apr. 2020
- Chemical Institute of Canada News, “Challenging complex problems with complex research” Mar. 2020
- VICE, “This Young Climate Scientist Is Creating Energy Out of Thin Air” Mar. 2020
- Foreward – How Stories Drive Change podcast interview, “How scientists use story to maximize impact.” Mar. 2020
- Globe and Mail, “Bringing together diverse voices for climate action”. Jan. 2020
- Forbes Magazine, “Best of Canada Top 30 Innovators List”. Oct. 2019
- Chemistry World Feature, “Taking a leaf out of plants’ books”. June 2019
- UofT Feature, “2019 Grads to Watch”. June 2019
- UofT Interview with Phil, “How to take the ‘petro’ out of the petrochemicals industry”. Apr. 2019
- Forbes Magazine, “2019 Forbes Top 30 Under 30 – Energy List” Nov. 2018
- Context Magazine, “Team CERT and the carbon conversion quest”. Nov. 2018
- Inside Story, Al Jazeera News, segment on “Carbon Recycling”. Oct. 2018
- The Atmospheric Fund , “Toronto-based XPRIZE Finalist shows how to turn carbon emissions into renewable fuel”. Aug. 2018
- Science Trends, “CO2 Conversion: Turning Waste Into Value”. Aug. 2018
- Popular Science, “If we’re going to capture our carbon emissions, we might as well put them to use”. Apr. 2018
- How Stuff Works, “Captured CO2 Could Store Energy From Solar Panels and Wind Turbines”. Apr. 2018
- NexusMedia, “After Carbon Capture, Conversion Offers New Energy Possibilities”. Apr. 2018
- Seeker, “How to Turn Carbon Dioxide Pollution Into Useful Products”. Apr. 2018
- Science interview “Scientists say we’re on the cusp of a carbon dioxide–recycling revolution”. Mar. 2018
- Independent, “Researchers discover new catalyst for efficiently recycling waste carbon dioxide into plastic” Jan. 2018
- Newsweek story “New technology address dangers of carbon dioxide by turning it into… plastic” Jan. 2018
- Canadian Light Source feature on our new catalyst for the conversion of CO2 into plastics. Jan. 2018
- Global News article on new Nature Catalysis paper and research with the Canadian Light Source. Jan. 2018
- Alphr , “Artificial Photosynthesis: The Two-In-One Technology That Could Save The Planet” Dec. 2017
- UofT Engineering News article on machine learning for energy materials discovery article in Nature. Dec. 2017
- UofT Engineering News article on artificial photosynthesis and interview with Phil. Nov. 2017
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)‘s article covering carbon dioxide conversion, interview and photo credits to Phil. Nov. 2016
- TVO, “Can tiny golden needles help us reduce carbon dioxide emissions?”, Oct. 2016
- The Varsity newspaper’s feature and interview with Phil on carbon dioxide recycling. Sept. 2016
- Forbes, “Improving Conversion Of Carbon Dioxide” Aug. 2016
- CBC, “What if we could turn CO2 back into fuel? Researchers get one step closer” Aug. 2016
- Motherboard “These Gold ‘Nanoneedles’ Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change”. Aug. 2016
Awards & Fellowships
Forbes Top 30 Under 30
Forbes
Governor General Gold Medal
Governor General of Canada
Member of the College,
Royal Society of Canada
Finalist
Carbon XPRIZE
Top 50 Changemaker
Globe and Mail
Mission Innovation Champion Canada
Mission Innovation
Top 30 Under 30
Corporate Knights
Top 30 Under 30
GreenBiz
Bay Street 30×30
Bay Street Bull
Engineering Alumni Network Early Career Award
University of Toronto
Clean50 Emerging Leader
Clean50
Alumni Odyssey Award
University of Winsdor
Highly Cited Researcher
Clarivate Analytics
Fellow
Action Canada
Climate Tech Fellow
On Deck
Junior Fellow Alum
Massey College
2021 Endorsement
GreenPAC
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