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Iwnetim Abate is the John Chipman Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He completed his PhD at Stanford University and served as a Miller Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. His PhD research included work at IBM Almaden and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Abate is recognized in Chemical & Engineering News’ “Talented 12” and has been named a Bose Fellow at MIT. He received the Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Solid State Ionics. As the principal investigator of an ARPA-E-funded project on geological hydrogen production, he co-founded Addis Energy, a company focusing on commercializing a new method for producing ammonia with significantly lower emissions compared to current methods. Additionally, Abate is a co-founder and president of SciFro, a nonprofit organization that empowers African youth to tackle local challenges through scientific research and innovation, which is supported by prominent organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Science Foundation.