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Vikramaditya G. Yadav

Associate Professor of Chemical, Biological & Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia

Dr. Vikramaditya G. Yadav is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, where he directs Canada's premier program in Sustainable Process Engineering. He has made notable contributions to research, education, commercialization and regulation of synthetic biology and environmental biotechnology. Dr. Yadav also founded Metabolik Technologies Inc., which was acquired by Allonnia, a Bill Gates-backed company, and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Tersa Earth, a mining biotechnology company. He is also the Chief Technology Officer of React Zero Carbon, a venture catalyst and capital fund for net zero solutions. He was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2021.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor of Chemical, Biological & Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia

Education

  • 2013 
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD in Chemical Engineering
  • 2007 
    University of Waterloo, BASc in Chemical Engineering

Honours

Canada's Top 40 Under 40