Prof. Dr. Michael A. Pope is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He also serves as a Scientific Advisor at Evercloak Inc. He obtained his B.Eng.& Biosci. in Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering from McMaster University in 2007 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 2009 and 2013, respectively. He worked as a Senior Research Associate at Vorbeck Materials Corporation from 2012 to 2014 before joining the University of Waterloo. Dr. Pope’s research group, the 2D Materials and Electrochemical Devices Lab, focuses on improving the production and processing of various 2D nanomaterials with the aim of developing higher-performance electrochemical devices and composites. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of electrochemical mechanisms involving graphene and has developed various self-assembly strategies to process electrodes for improved high-voltage graphene-based supercapacitors, Li-S batteries, and electrochemical sensors.