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Dr. Walter Mérida
Walter leads MéridaLabs. He began his career in clean technology working with Ballard Power Systems, British Gas Investments Canada, and universities more than twenty years ago. He was a founder and Board member for General Hydrogen Corporation, and he co-founded Innovative Breakthrough Energy Technologies, a company creation platform based in Vancouver.
He created the Natural Gas Futures research consortium, at UBC and the Transportation Futures Group at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Hydrogen Association, and the Climate Change Advisory Board for Toronto Dominion Insurance.
At UBC, Walter has served as director for the Clean Energy Research Centre, as Senior Advisor to UBC's President and Vice-Chancellor, as co-Chair of the Climate Emergency Taskforce, and as a delegate to COP meetings. He is currently the Associate Dean of Research and Industrial Partnerships in the Faculty of Applied Science.
Associates & Staff
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Dr. Paolo Marcazzan
Research Management
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Anna Biel, MEd
Operations
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Samuel Arulnathan, PEng
Project Management
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Juan Pinzon, MEL
Project Management
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Dr. Roham Moradi Larmaei
Program Management
Researchers
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Dr. Shashank Patlolla
Hydrogen
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Dr. Rajveer Brar
Energy Systems
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Dr. Majid Gholami
Energy Systems
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Dr. Jocelyn Chen
Energy Systems
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Dr. Rubina Akter
Energy Systems
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Dr. Jing Wang
Energy Systems
Students
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Ivan Saunders (Ph.D.)
Energy Systems
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Abhishek Somanagoudar (MASc.)
Energy Systems
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Sergio Franco (MASc.)
Energy Systems
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Madhav Kapoor (BSc.)
Energy Systems
Alumni
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Dr. Omar Hererra
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Dr. Amir Sharafian
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Dr. Neha
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Jule Kreuznacht
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Dr. Gail Hochachka
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Lena Buehre (Ph.D.)
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Kyle Katsu
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Dr. Zhihao Wang
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Dr. Janfizza Bukhari
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Dr. Tory Borsboom
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William Guo
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Liao Wang
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Dr. Julián Fernández
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Jing Lin (MASc)
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Jane Dong
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Ricky Parmar
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Annesha Devi
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Miguel León (MASc)
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Pegah Zarei (MASc)
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Ezgi Kisa (MASc)
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Dr. Rita Onolemhemhen
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Dr. Thomas Holm
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Dr. Marta Moreno
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Alex Hsieh
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Dr. Hoda Talebian
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Matthew Palmer
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Shabab Khan
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Owen Guo
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Jacques Marais
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Angelina Berger
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Catalina Ospina
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Hadyan Ramadhan
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Anish Karnik
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Trishank Sharma
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Bryan Kung
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Olivia Foster
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Elvis Cai
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Veronika Krumova
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Tung Nguyen
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Dr. Jesús Díaz Real
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Vincent Roy
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Francisco Rentería
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Pacifique Ineza
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Dr. Jean Boucher
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Dr. Zainul Abdin
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Calum Mckenzie
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Nhi Nguyen
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Pranjal Goel
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Jack Hou
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Iram Malik
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Guillermina Peragallo
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Caroline Giacomin
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Dr. Rasoul Asaee
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Xu Liu
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Rigoberto Miranda Felix
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Alice Casagrande
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Dr. Umer
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Marco Signifredi
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Natalie Stubb (Ph.D.)
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Dr. Luyang Hou
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Andrew Medgyesi (MEL)
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Kevin Wei
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Dr. Md Hujjatul Islam
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Alexander McLeod
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