Ian D. Gates PEng, PhD, FCAE is Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Associate Vice President Innovation at the University of Calgary, as well as Director of the University of Calgary’s Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), a $75 million sustainable low-carbon unconventional resources program. His research spans heavy oil, hydrogen, methane, and material science of energy systems. Ian has also been entrepreneurial, having been a co-founder of several companies, including Gushor (sold to Schlumberger in 2013), Proton Technologies (hydrogen from petroleum), Solideum (non-fuel uses of heavy oil), and several consulting companies.