Dr. Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao is currently a Senior Consultant for Carbon Dioxide Removal at DNV. He is also a Senior Schmidt Science Fellow (SSF, 2022 cohort, 1 of 29 globally), a lifelong fellowship by Schmidt Sciences in partnership with the Rhodes Trust. Mentored by SSF Academic Council’s Founding Chair, Professor Sir Keith Burnett, Elvis pursues his independent research vision of integrated carbon capture and utilization at MIT and builds independent collaboration with researchers across three continents. He received his PhD from Cornell University, working with Professor David Erickson, focusing on optofluidics. Dr. Cao has been named an Activate Fellow, an MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium Impact Fellow, a Carbon Removal Justice Fellow, and a German Chancellor Fellow by the Humboldt Foundation. Cao has been named Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy for North America, World Energy Council’s Future Energy Leader (FEL-100), Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Young Scientist, CAS Future Leader, ME Rising Stars by UC Berkeley, and MSE Rising Stars by CMU, Stanford, and MIT. Besides research, Cao was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Honor Society for his service to first-generation, low-income (FGLI) students.