Phil De Luna

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Phil De Luna
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Born (1991-11-23) November 23, 1991 (age 32)
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Known for
  • Materials Science
  • Climate Science
Awards
Scientific career
Fields CO2 conversion, hydrogen, artificial intelligence
Institutions
Thesis Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for CO2 Conversion  (2019)
Website www.phildeluna.ca

Phil De Luna is a Canadian materials scientist. He is currently the chief carbon scientist and head of engineering at Deep Sky, a Canadian carbon removals project developer. [1]

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Education and career

De Luna earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Windsor (2013), a Master of Science degree from the University of Ottawa (2015) and a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Toronto (2018). [2] His doctoral research identified new electrocatalytic materials for the conversion of carbon dioxide into renewable fuels and feedstocks. [3] During this period, he worked as a research scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (2016) and Tokyo Research Institute (2018).

De Luna then began to serve as a director at the National Research Council Canada (NRC), heading the "Materials for Clean Fuels Challenge Program," a collaborative research program on Canadian-made clean energy technology (2019-2022). [4] [5] De Luna's research has focused on decarbonization, particularly CO2 conversion, hydrogen, and artificial intelligence for materials science.

In 2022, De Luna was appointed an adjunct professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto. [6] He has also served at UC Berkeley as a visiting researcher. [2] Also in 2022, De Luna published the book "Accelerated Materials Discovery: How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Speed Up Development" about using artificial intelligence and robotics to accelerate traditional experimental discovery methods for new materials development. [7] He was a consultant for McKinsey & Company (2022-2023) before joining Deep Sky. [8] He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. [9] [10]

De Luna has published extensively in Canadian media on integrating minorities into scientific research and the need for engagement between scientists and politics. [11] [12] [13] He holds a variety of board and fellowship positions and serves as the board chair at Carbon Management Canada. [14]

Politics

De Luna ran for the Green Party of Canada in Toronto—St. Paul's in the 2021 Canadian federal election. [15] [16] [17] He finished fourth, behind the incumbent Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, as well as the Conservative and NDP candidates. [18]

Personal life

De Luna is of Filipino descent. He lives in Toronto with his partner, an operating room nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children. [5] [13]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election : Toronto—St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Carolyn Bennett 22,84448.86-5.64$88,807.52
Conservative Stephanie Osadchuk12,12625.83+4.23$26,751.24
New Democratic Sidney Coles [19] 7,74916.51+0.71$31,250.09
Green Phil De Luna 2,8906.16-0.64$30,817.63
People's Peter Remedios1,3402.85+1.35$1,412.77
Total valid votes/Expense limit46,949––$112,245.61
Total rejected ballots
Turnout46,94956.77
Eligible voters82,707
Source: Elections Canada [20]

Selected awards and recognition

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Carbontech Innovator Phil De Luna Joins Deep Sky as Chief Carbon Scientist & Head of Engineering". Newswire. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Phil De Luna". ORCID. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Phil De Luna, MSE PhD 1T9, honored with the Governor General's Gold Medal". University of Toronto. May 23, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Phil De Luna is 1 of 50 emerging innovative leaders in the Globe and Mail's Changemakers list". National Research Council Canada. February 25, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Phil De Luna (Ph.D.) is the youngest Program Director at the National Research Council of Canada". Philippine Canadian News. 19 June 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ "MSE alumnus, Phil De Luna, rejoins the department as Adjunct Professor". University of Toronto. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Accelerated Materials Discovery: How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Speed up Development". Accelerated Materials Discovery. De Gruyter. February 21, 2022. ISBN   9783110738087 . Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Scaling the CCUS industry to achieve net-zero | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
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  10. ↑ "Phil De Luna". Google Scholar. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Scientists are missing in politics and this needs to change". Toronto Star. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Bringing together diverse voices for climate action". The Globe and Mail. January 9, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  13. 1 2 De Luna, Phil (August 23, 2020). "I've never had a role model in senior management who looked like me. This needs to change". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Board of Directors". Carbon Management Canada. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  15. ↑ Sharp, Morgan (September 14, 2021). "Young Toronto Green candidate thinks politicians need a science lesson". Canada's National Observer . Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Politics: Young scientist Phil De Luna seeks Toronto seat for Greens". Philippine Canadian News. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  17. ↑ Phil De Luna [@PhilDeLuna1] (May 18, 2021). "[...] I will be running for the Green Party in Toronto-St. Paul's for the next federal election!" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 May 2021– via Twitter.
  18. ↑ Cohen, Ben (September 20, 2021). "Liberal Carolyn Bennett wins Toronto-St. Paul's". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Toronto NDP candidate resigns after discovery of controversial social media posts". CP24 . September 15, 2021.
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