Chad Gallinat

Chad Gallinat is Conservation X Labs’ Foundry Director where he is leading an effort to build the world's first venture studio focused solely on nature technology. Since joining CXLabs in 2018, he’s lead the design and implementation of numerous Open Innovation activities (including the Global Cooling Prize, the Ohia Challenge, the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenges, and the ARSX Challenge) and supported CXLabs' Sentinel product development (a smart trail camera for the frontlines of the biodiversity crisis).Chad has a PhD in Materials Engineering and before joining CXLabs he managed a range of multilateral and bilateral energy efficiency efforts designed to engage the public- and private-sectors, including the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Advanced Cooling and Global Lighting Challenges. Chad has experience in the private sector and with a national laboratory performing fundamental scientific research and analysis improving the energy efficiency of a variety of advanced functional materials. Chad is passionate about improving people’s lives by accelerating the deployment of nature-friendly and economically-viable technologies.