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Chris Burns

Investor

Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

About

Physics PhD with 15+ years in battery materials and a former Sr. Research Engineer at Tesla. Founded and scaled NOVONIX, securing over $1B in investment and support.

Experience

  1. Dryve Battery MaterialsFounder and CEOcurrent2026 — present
  2. Avrion Battery LabsOwnercurrent2026 — present
  3. Avriotech ConsultingFounder and CEOcurrent2025 — present
  4. National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches CanadaChair of the Clean Energy Innovation Research Centre Advisory Boardcurrent2025 — present
  5. Accelerate-AccélérerChair of the Boardcurrent2025 — present
  6. Accelerate-AccélérerBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  7. Chemical Angel NetworkAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
  8. Creative Destruction LabAssociate Mentor | CDL - Atlanticcurrent2025 — present
  9. NOVONIXCo-Founder, Strategic Advisor2025 — 2026
  10. NOVONIXCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer2013 — 2025
  11. Tesla MotorsSr. Research Engineer2015 — 2017

Education

  1. Dalhousie UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics2011 — 2015
  2. Dalhousie UniversityMSc., Physics2009 — 2011
  3. St. Francis Xavier UniversityBSc., Physics2007 — 2009

Skills & more

French4LaTeX10Matlab9Materials Science38Powder X-ray Diffraction28TGA6Electrochemistry19Physics32Scanning Electron Microscopy12Research19Thin Films7

From Chris's professional profile.

Colleagues at RiSC Capital Corp

Colin Webster
Co-Founder at RiSC Capital Corp
Jenny Yang
Partner at RiSC Capital Corp
Kristina McDougall
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp
Landon Steele
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp
Paul Martin
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp
Roger Singh
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp
Sam Macdonald
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp
Scott Lake
Advisor at RiSC Capital Corp

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Also worked at Chemical Angel Network5

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