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DrElvis Cao

Assistant Professor of Future Vehicle Technology

The Grantham Institute for Climate Change - Faculty of Natural Sciences

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  • Assistant Professor of Future Vehicle Technology
    The Grantham Institute for Climate Change - Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • Imperial College London, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 720 City & Guilds Building, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AWARD
    Distinguished Young Scholar of China-America Frontiers of Engineering
    13 Apr 2026
    US National Academy of Engineering & Chinese Academy of Engineering
  • AWARD
    Global Separation Technology Youth Innovation Award
    6 Dec 2025
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • AWARD
    Carbon Capture Future Star Award
    16 Jun 2025
    Elsevier (CCST journal) & IChemE
  • AWARD
    MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 (Global)
    16 Sep 2024
    MIT Technology Review
  • AWARD
    CAS Future Leaders
    12 Feb 2024
    Chemical Abstracts Service of the American Chemical Society
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Activate Fellowship (1 of 46 in the US)
    1 Jun 2023 - 12 May 2024
    Activate Global Inc.
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Schmidt Science Fellowship (1 of 29 globally)
    1 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2023
    Schmidt Sciences & the Rhodes Trust
  • FELLOWSHIP
    MCSC Impact Fellowship (1 of 9 globally)
    15 Sep 2021 - 30 Sep 2022
    MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)
  • AWARD
    Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy - North America (Top 4%)
    19 Nov 2018
    Forbes Magazine
  • AWARD
    $20K International Grand Prize Winner, Create the Future Design Contest
    6 Oct 2017
    Tech Briefs
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
    Advances in Applied Energy
    Young Editorial Board Member
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
    Applied Energy
    Young Editorial Board Member
  • EDITORIAL BOARD
    Carbon Capture Science & Technology
    Early Career Board