Sami Khan
Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering, SFU
Sami is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in clean technology at SFU, and his multidisciplinary research group is particularly interested in clean energy solutions in remote Canadian communities. A chemical engineer by training from the University of Toronto, Sami’s interest in science and policy piqued when he interned at Ontario Power Generation, reviewing compliance to nuclear safety codes and standards as part of the Darlington Nuclear Station refurbishment project. Sami obtained his Master's degree in Technology and Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in June 2020. Sami has previously worked in the rare-earth mining industry in Canada and was a Science and Technology Advisor to the Chief Scientist of Natural Resources Canada. Sami is a 2021-2022 Action Canada Fellow and has received the Hydro Research Foundation Award from the US Department of Energy and was recognized as the Young Researcher of the Year at the World Hydropower Congress in Beijing, China in 2015.
