About

Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet

He is a member of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET): An Independent Advisory Council to theUnited Nations’ Secretary-General and CEET Hydrogen Task Force leader. He is also member of theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe(UNECE) Hydrogen Task Force, the “Renewable Hydrogen” task of theInternational Energy Agency(IEA) Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) and the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Advanced Fuel Cells. He is President of the Green Hydrogen Division of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), member of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice President of the IAHE, member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Hydrogen Association (CHA), member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Hydrogen Safety Centre (CH2SC), leader of H2CAN 2.0 (a cluster of hydrogen R&D groups in Canada), Canadian leader of theCNRSInternational Research Network (IRN) on Clean Hydrogen between France and Canada, member of the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT) Center and member of the Strategy Board of HyCentA (Hydrogen Research Centre Austria). He was member of the Board of Directors of Hydrogène Québec from 2022-2024 and PROMICON (EU Horizon 2020 project) Innovation Board from 2024-2025. He is member of the Electrochemical Society, member of the International Society of Electrochemistry and member of the Board of the European Society of Sonochemistry. He is also member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Canadian electrolyser company, Hydrogen Optimized, led by the Stuart family which builds on a heritage of more than 100 years in the design of unipolar alkaline water electrolysis cells and plants, that has delivered 1 billion operating hours in approximately 1,000 hydrogen plants in 100 countries. He is Scientific Advisor of Cipher Neutron Inc., the only Canadian technology company focussing on disruptive AEM electrolyser technologies.He isalso Scientific Advisor at Innovation et Développement économique Trois-Rivières (IDETR). He was nominated as the “Hydrogen Champion” and Scientific Committee member of the Energy Transition Valley (Vallée de la Transition Énergétique – VTÉ). He was awarded two prestigious research chairs: NSERC Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Green Hydrogen Production, and the Innergex Renewable Energy Research Chair (partly funded by the Québec Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie) focussing on the next generation of hydrogen production and water electrolysers. He was awarded the “IAHE Sir William Grove Award” in recognition of his leadership and his groundbreaking works in hydrogen, fuel cell and electrolyser technologies by the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) as well as the “SCI Canada International Award” by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) in recognition of outstanding service and contributions in the international sphere to an industry that is based on Chemistry, for its processes and/or services. During his time at the University of Birmingham Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, he was named as “Birmingham Hero” for his hydrogen and fuel cell works. In Norway, together with Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, he was member of the foundation group for the establishment of FREYR Battery (lithium-ion battery manufacturer). In 2022, Bruno G. Pollet was invited to witness at the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources and the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, the House of Commons in Canada. In 2024, he initiated and was the catalyst for the establishment of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Hydrogen Europe and the Canadian Hydrogen Association to accelerate hydrogen deployment and facilitate trade in clean molecules. In June 2024, he was awarded Fellow of the IAHE for his persistent promotion of “Green Hydrogen Technologies”. In October 2024, he led the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières to be the first transatlantic university to join (i) Hydrogen Europe Research (HER), a hydrogen association that brings together the best leading universities, research organisations and R&D labs in Europe, and (ii) the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), the largest energy research community in Europe.