Curtis P. Berlinguette
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, STEWART BLUSSON QUANTUM MATTER INSTITUTE
CIFAR FELLOW
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
Professor Curtis P. Berlinguette leads an interdisciplinary team designing and building electrochemical reactors to power the planet. Dr. Berlinguette is a Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, where he is a Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, CIFAR Co-Director for Accelerated Decarbonization, and Principal Investigator at the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. His academic group has advanced a range of clean energy applications, including reactive CO2 capture, advancing carbon neutral building materials, electrification of the chemical industry, and advanced nuclear fusion. His team has also pioneered the use of flexible automation and machine learning to build self-driving labs to accelerate materials research. Dr. Berlinguette’s contributions have been recognized through numerous awards, including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and an NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship. He is also the founder of Miru (energy-efficient windows) and Sora Fuel (carbon-neutral aviation fuels).
The University of British Columbia
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering | 2017-present
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute
Principal Investigator | 2015-present
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Director | 2014-present
The University of British Columbia
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering | 2013-2017
University of Calgary
Associate Professor of Chemistry | 2011-2013
The Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment & Economy
Fellow | 2006-2013
Centre for Advanced Solar Materials, University of Calgary
Director | 2011-2013
Miru
Co-Founder & CEO | 2019-present
Sora Fuel
Co-Founder & Advisor | 2024-present
Harvard University, USA
Postdoctoral Associate | 2004-2006
Texas A&M University, USA
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry | 2004
University of Alberta, Canada
B.Sc., Chemistry | 2000
Canada’s 2023 Clean50 Award
2022
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
2021
UBC Distinguished University Scholar Award
2021
CSC Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry
2020
CIFAR Program Co-Director for Accelerated Decarbonization
2020-2025
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2018-present
RSC Alex Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry
2016
NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship
2016
Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry
2016
CIFAR Fellowship
2014-present
Canada Research Chair in Solar Energy Conversion
2014-2019
Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40
2012
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
2011-2013
Canadian National Committee for the IUPAC Travel Award
2011
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Energy Conversion
2008-2013
Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award
2007-2010