Akachukwu Obi

Akachukwu (AC) is a postdoctoral impact fellow under the supervision of Prof. Elsa Olivetti at the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, where he coordinates academia-industry collaborations for accelerating the innovation and deployment of carbon capture technologies. He obtained a Ph.D. (2022) from the University of Virginia under Prof Robert J. Gilliard Jr., investigating electrophilic main group species based on magnesium, calcium, and bismuth for energy-relevant small molecule activation and catalysis. He also holds an M.S.Ed. (2017) from the University of Pennsylvania and B.S. (2015) from Bates College.