Prof Mohini Sain

Prof Mohini Sain is Ford Motor Canada PERDC Chair for Sustainable Materials, University of Toronto and Chief Technology Advisor of Greennano Technologies Inc. He is also Fellow of Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineers.        

Mohini Sain is internationally renowned for his remarkable impact on clean manufacturing and sustainable technology. Dr Sain's exemplary innovation on sustainable engineering has been recognized with prestigious fellowships and awards from industry and technical associations (Prototype for Humanity, Society of Plastics Engineers, Society of Chemical Industry, Canadian Academy of Engineering), scholarly societies (Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) and environmental organizations.

His professional accomplishment has also been reported on by more than 100 news outlets in over 30 countries in more than 15 languages worldwide, including the BBC, PBS, CBC, CTV, Global TV, Discovery Channel, and many more.

His efforts catalyzed the inception and growth of the natural composites industry into a $12 billion global market, and he is founding director of the world’s first research translation centre for biocomposites and biomaterials processing (CBBP). His latest technology transformation of carbon materials led to inception of new start-ups in 2024 including HyCLight Inc.