Why we turn to scientists in times of crisis
As the virus continues to ravage the globe, we all stand in awe of how – in a flash – the life we knew, and with it, our habits and behaviours, has turned upside down.
Dr. Enass Abo-Hamed MBE is the Co-founder and CEO at H2GO power ltd; an award winning spin-out company from the University of Cambridge developing energy storage technologies. She completed her PhD at Cambridge University, where she also was a postdoctoral fellow and elected Cambridge University Energy Champion. Currently she is also a member of the Advisory Board at BeyondNetZero's General Atlantic Growth Fund, a Board Trustee at the Royal Academy of Engineering, a member of the external advisory board at Airbus (STAR) and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
She has 15 years of business and research experience in technology, AI, sustainability, hydrogen production & storage, renewable energy and energy storage. Enass is passionate about climate entrepreneurship and clean energy technology policy. She often gives keynote speeches at international forums and participates in high impact roundtable discussions on clean energy, energy security and resilience for women entrepreneurship in tech. Enass won few recognition awards for her commitments to build and use technologies as a tool to combat climate change, such as being honoured in the King's New Year's honours list 2023, the visionary of the year award by MIT Tech Review Innovators Under 35 Europe, MIT Tech Review Innovators Under 35 EU, the best energy start-up award at the Global Hello Tomorrow Summit among others.
As the virus continues to ravage the globe, we all stand in awe of how – in a flash – the life we knew, and with it, our habits and behaviours, has turned upside down.
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