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 removal
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s project developer.
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).
His doctoral research identified new
electrocatalytic materials for the conversion of carbon dioxide into
renewable fuels and
feedstocks.
During this period, he worked as a research scientist at
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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(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).
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. He has also served at UC Berkeley as a visiting researcher.
[ 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. He was a consultant for McKinsey & Company (2022-2023) before joining Deep Sky. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.][ He holds a variety of board and fellowship positions and serves as the board chair at Carbon Management Canada.
]
Politics
De Luna ran for the Green Party of Canada
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The Green Party is currently the fifth largest party in the House of Commons by seat count. It el ...
in Toronto—St. Paul's
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in the 2021 Canadian federal election
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.Carolyn Bennett
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, as well as the Conservative and NDP candidates.
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.
Selected awards and recognition
* 2022 Globe and Mail Report on Business Changemaker
* 2021 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada
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Selected publications
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References
External links
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Podcast
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Canadian people of Filipino descent
21st-century Canadian scientists
Canadian materials scientists
Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2021 Canadian federal election
Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament
1991 births
Living people
University of Windsor alumni
University of Ottawa alumni
Academic staff of the University of Toronto