Phil De Luna

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 removals project developer.[1]

Phil De Luna
Born (1991-11-23) November 23, 1991
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Known for
  • Materials Science
  • Climate Science
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsCO2 conversion, hydrogen, artificial intelligence
Institutions
ThesisNanostructured Electrocatalysts for CO2 Conversion (2019)
Websitewww.phildeluna.ca

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).[2] His doctoral research identified new electrocatalytic materials for the conversion of carbon dioxide into renewable fuels and feedstocks.[3] During this period, he worked as a research scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (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).[4][5] 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.[6] He has also served at UC Berkeley as a visiting researcher.[2] 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.[7] He was a consultant for McKinsey & Company (2022-2023) before joining Deep Sky.[8] He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.[9][10]

De Luna has published extensively in Canadian media on integrating minorities into scientific research and the need for engagement between scientists and politics.[11][12][13] He holds a variety of board and fellowship positions and serves as the board chair at Carbon Management Canada.[14]

Politics

De Luna ran for the Green Party of Canada in Toronto—St. Paul's in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[15][16][17] He finished fourth, behind the incumbent Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, as well as the Conservative and NDP candidates.[18]

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.[5][13]

Selected awards and recognition

Selected publications

References
  1. "Carbontech Innovator Phil De Luna Joins Deep Sky as Chief Carbon Scientist & Head of Engineering". Newswire. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  2. "Phil De Luna". ORCID. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. "Phil De Luna, MSE PhD 1T9, honored with the Governor General's Gold Medal". University of Toronto. May 23, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  4. "Dr. Phil De Luna is 1 of 50 emerging innovative leaders in the Globe and Mail's Changemakers list". National Research Council Canada. February 25, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  5. "Phil De Luna (Ph.D.) is the youngest Program Director at the National Research Council of Canada". Philippine Canadian News. 19 June 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  6. "MSE alumnus, Phil De Luna, rejoins the department as Adjunct Professor". University of Toronto. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  7. "Accelerated Materials Discovery: How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Speed up Development". Accelerated Materials Discovery. De Gruyter. February 21, 2022. ISBN 9783110738087. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  8. "Scaling the CCUS industry to achieve net-zero | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  9. "Highly Cited Researchers". Clarivate. November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  10. "Phil De Luna". Google Scholar. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  11. "Scientists are missing in politics and this needs to change". Toronto Star. September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  12. "Bringing together diverse voices for climate action". The Globe and Mail. January 9, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  13. De Luna, Phil (August 23, 2020). "I've never had a role model in senior management who looked like me. This needs to change". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  14. "Board of Directors". Carbon Management Canada. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  15. Sharp, Morgan (September 14, 2021). "Young Toronto Green candidate thinks politicians need a science lesson". Canada's National Observer. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  16. "Politics: Young scientist Phil De Luna seeks Toronto seat for Greens". Philippine Canadian News. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  17. Phil De Luna [@PhilDeLuna1] (18 May 2021). "[...] I will be running for the Green Party in Toronto-St. Paul's for the next federal election!" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  18. Cohen, Ben (September 20, 2021). "Liberal Carolyn Bennett wins Toronto-St. Paul's". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  19. "Meet 50 emerging leaders reinventing how Canada does business". Globe & Mail. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  20. "Royal Society of Canada, Class of 2021" (PDF). Royal Society of Canada. September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  21. "Phil De Luna". Forbes. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
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