The MIT Startup Exchange Lightning Talks listed below are part of the full agenda for the Decarbonization Leading Edge Webinar (Zoom).
Decarbonization is a crucial component of any corporation's sustainability development efforts. Setting sustainable development goals, understanding the supply chain and costs, and gaining a deep knowledge of energy and carbon trading systems are essential for effective corporate planning and strategy development.
In this energy-focused webinar, two leading researchers from MIT, Emre Gençer and Jennifer Morris, will share their insights on two critical topics: industrial decarbonization and the interplay between carbon dioxide removal and carbon trading systems. Following their presentations, two MIT-related startup companies will showcase their technologies and discuss their potential impact on industrial decarbonization.
Director, MIT Startup Exchange
Catarina Madeira joined the Office of Corporate Relations as Program Director of Startup Exchange, in May 2021. She was promoted to Director of Startup Exchange in December 2022.
Catarina has been working with the Cambridge/Boston startup ecosystem for over 10 years and joined Corporate Relations with a solid network in the innovation and entrepreneurial community. Prior to MIT, she was part of the team that designed and launched the startup accelerator IUL MIT Portugal later rebranded to Building Global Innovators. She was based in Lisbon and worked in direct relation with the Cambridge team. She held positions including Operations Coordinator, Program Manager, and Business Developer. The accelerator soon achieved steady growth in large part due to the partnerships that Catarina led with regional and global startup ecosystems. After that, she worked at NECEC, leading a program that connects cleantech startups and industry. In this role, she developed and built a pipeline of startups and forged strong relationships with both domestic and European companies. She has also held positions in Portugal and France including at Saboaria e Perfumaria Confiança and L’Oréal as Technical Director and Pharmacist.
Catarina earned her Bachelor in Chemistry at the University of Porto and her Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. She went on to earn her Master of Engineering for Health and Medicines at University Lyon 1 and EM Lyon in France.
Chairman & CEO, Ivys Adsorption Inc.
Dr. Prabhu Rao is an executive with demonstrated success and strong leadership in the clean energy business. Over the last three decades he has been involved in many incubator and start-up ecosystems and has mentored a large number of founders and entrepreneurs. As the CEO of Ivys Adsorption Inc. and Chairman of Ivys Energy Solutions, Dr. Rao is focused on developing products and solutions to enable a circular economy. He is a strong believer that circularity is an essential step to the transition to a renewable future.
CEO, EvolOH
Dr. Rojas has climate-tech venture capital and technology development experience, having previously worked for Baruch Future Ventures and having co-invented the core IP for a successful start-up. He holds a Ph.D. in hydrogen production and energy systems from Stanford University (under Dr. Arun Majumdar), as well as two M.S. degrees from Stanford and two B.S. degrees from MIT.
Disclaimer: MIT Startup Exchange can make introductions that ideally provide open ended discussions in order to share mutual interests and potentially create common ground that incite the parties to collaborate. MIT Startup Exchange introductions may eventually lead to mutual partnerships, but that is not in any way guaranteed by MIT, MIT Corporate Relations, MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) or MIT Startup Exchange, which takes no responsibility for these outcomes and no formal part in such discussions following our introduction. MIT Startup Exchange and its activities and events are not for purposes of soliciting investment or offering securities.