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I am a post doctorate fellow joined September 2022 in Prof Xianguo Li’s Green Energy and Fuel Cell Lab at University of Waterloo, Ontario. As part of CUTRIC (Canadian Urban Transit & Research Consortium) and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) funded project, I am currently stationed at Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby, BC to support advanced fuel cell catalyst development for enhanced performance and durability. I obtained my PhD degree in 2019 from Indian Institute of Technology Ropar specialized in nanomaterials (carbon nanotube, graphene, metal nanoparticles) synthesis, functionalization, characterization and electrochemistry. Then, I spent short time at CSIR-IMTECH Chandigarh to work on bio electrochemical sensors. Before moving to Canada, I was a Research Assistant Professor at Chandigarh University where my research was mainly focused on fuel cell development.

I was born in Redwood City, California, USA and spent most of my childhood near Vancouver, BC, Canada. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC), earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2020. During my studies at UBC, I undertook a one-year internship at Ballard Power Systems, a major manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell products and systems, where I worked in the Stack Test Engineering team. This experience exposed me to the commercialization of clean/renewable energy technologies and grew my interest in working in this sector. In my senior year, I contributed to a capstone project designing a dual-axis solar tracking system and completed a small research project about microneedle injections. After graduating from UBC, I decided to pursue a Master’s degree at the University of Waterloo, where I can continue working towards a career in fuel cell technology and/or renewable energy systems.