Webinars

The Challenge of Lighting

What

SingularityU Canada Meet the Faculty Webinar Series: Meet Dr. Cynthia Goh

When

Thursday September 26, 2019
12:00 PM EST

Who

Dr. Cynthia Goh
SingularityU Canada Nanotech Faculty

While we enjoy a great quality of life enabled by tremendous advances in technology, some people don’t even have the basic necessities. One telling example is that 1.2 billion people in the world live without electric light, with substantial negative impact to productivity, education and security.

What can we do about it? Dr. Cynthia Goh advocates for the translation of scientific discovery into technology and products that benefit society. With specific reference to her efforts to create and power low-cost LED lighting in the Philippines, Dr. Goh will explore the opportunity to empower developing communities with tech.

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About Cynthia

Dr. Cynthia Goh is Professor of Chemistry, cross-appointed to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Institute of Medical Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs. She is the founder and Director of the Impact Centre, an institute that aims to bring science to society, and the inaugural Academic Director of University of Toronto Entrepreneurship. Her research interests center on the interactions and properties of very large molecules, which has impact on nanotechnology, biomaterials and biodiagnostics. Other passions are: the translation of scientific discovery to technology/products that benefit society; the training of scientist-entrepreneurs; and the development of technology for low resource settings.

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