Victoria Chernow is a scientist with the non-profit “solutions incubator” Science for America, where she works to identify, develop, and launch technology driven solutions to the most urgent climate and energy challenges. Victoria received her PhD in Materials Science from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and BA in Chemistry from Harvard University. Prior to joining Science for America, Victoria was an investor with the early-stage deep tech venture fund Playground Global, where she focused on critical minerals and decarbonization technologies. She was previously a technologist with the strategic VC In-Q-Tel, focused on identifying and evaluating cutting-edge technologies in manufacturing, electrification, and bioengineering with high national security impact. Victoria served as a Fellow at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), an agency within the US Department of Energy aimed at advancing high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private sector investment. She is a former fellow of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and Women Leaders in Energy Fellow at the Atlantic Council and is passionate about the role of materials innovation for wide scale decarbonization.