Christine Gabardo
CERT Systems Inc.
Bio
Dr. Christine Gabardo is the co-founder and CTO of 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 technical team in the finals of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition.
She has published more than 30 scientific articles in high-impact journals in the field of CO2 electrocatalysis.
She was recently recognized with the 2022 Clean50 Emerging Leader Award, the inaugural Engineering Young Alumni Leadership Award from McMaster University (2023), and as a Breakthrough Energy Innovator Fellow (Cohort 2).
