Focused on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies: Dr. Xiangkun Elvis Cao ‘21

Dr. Xiangkun Elvis Cao is a Schmidt Science Fellow at MIT, working at the intersection of technology, business, and policy for carbon dioxide removal. He discusses the need for incentives to support investigators with interdisciplinary academic identities to perform their research and hasten scientific breakthroughs. Elvis also describes his journey from a small village in China to completing his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell. He is passionate about mentoring other early career researchers and empowering individuals from historically under-represented groups in science and engineering. Transcript Link: https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/engineering-career-conversations He can be found: https://www.elviscao.com/ https://www.elviscao.com/publications under 4.4 Op-eds https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiangkun-elvis-cao/ https://twitter.com/Elvis_Cao Elvis highly recommends, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. Bertrand Odom-Reed, Director Cornell Broadcast Studios broadcaststudio@cornell.edu Melissa Bazley, Editor