An internationally renowned polymer chemist and electrochemist, Prof. Holdcroft originally led the research and development of an entire class of innovative, advanced functional materials and the tools for their characterization, which are now exclusively licensed to Ionomr. Prior to becoming Chair of the Simon Fraser University Chemistry Department and Technical Director of CaRPE-FC, Canada’s National fuel cell research network, Dr. Holdcroft led the membrane-electrode assembly team at the NRC – Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation.He has raised >$20M of research funds from government and private sectors and is well known to researchers in leading multi-national companies, government research organizations and universities worldwide.