Dr. Marcius Extavour is a widely published scientist, creative technologist, innovation practitioner, and communicator whose work has been featured at CNBC, CNN, PBS, and TVO. He serves as a Board Member in the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and 1% for the Planet, and he is currently a Senior Partner at Ode, where he builds sustainable solutions, products, and algorithms. Dr. Extavour established the TIME Climate 100 at TIME, after building the energy, climate, and carbon removal practice at XPRIZE as Chief Scientist and Executive VP for nearly a decade. He also worked at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, Nortel Networks, and the University of Toronto. Dr. Extavour holds a Ph.D. and MSc. in quantum optics and atomic physics and an undergraduate degree in engineering science from the University of Toronto.