Dr. Christine Gabardo is the Co-founder and Director of Technology for CERT Systems Inc. She received her B.Eng (’11) and PhD (’16) from McMaster University, then went on to complete an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto focused on developing efficient and scalable electrochemical CO2 reduction devices. In 2019, she co-founded CERT Systems Inc. and led the research team in the finals of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition. She has published over 25 scientific articles in the field of CO2 electrocatalysis and was recently recognized with a 2022 Clean50 Emerging Leader Award.