Clementine Chambon

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Clementine Chambon
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge Imperial College London
OccupationChemical engineer
EmployerImperial College London
Known forClean energy solutions Off-grid power

Clementine Chambon is a chemical engineer at Imperial College London, who works on energy solutions for energy-deprived countries. She is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Oorja Development Solutions, a social enterprise that focused on providing clean energy access to off-grid communities in rural India.

Education[edit]

Chambon completed her Masters in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2014.[1] During her degree, she was an intern at Mars Petcare in Verden, Northern Germany.[2] She was awarded a graduate prize from the Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry.[1] Subsequently, Chambon completed her PhD in lignocellulosic biofuels in 2017, funded by an Imperial College President's PhD Scholarship and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change.

Research[edit]

Chambon received an Echoing Green Climate Fellowship with a grant of $90,000 in 2015.[3] She has a technical experience with biomass gasification systems and deployment of viable emerging decentralised energy solutions.[4] In 2017, she won the Institution of Chemical Engineers Young Researcher Award.[5][6] She is an EPSRC doctoral prize fellow at Imperial College London working on biomass gasification and its application for rural electrification.[7]

Oorja Development Solutions[edit]

Chambon is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Oorja.[8][7] She says that she came up with Oorja during Climate-KIC Journey, a summer school that teaches climate entrepreneurship, in August 2014.[9] Oorja provides clean energy and biochar to rural off-grid communities in India.[10][11][12] Chambon is responsible for the design and building of Oorja's easily operable mini-power plants, which transform agricultural waste into affordable electricity and can be run by local people.[11] Oorja's mission is to impact one million people by 2025.[11] They subsidise electricity for low-income households, women-led households, schools, health centres and off-grid street lights.[13]

In 2016, Chambon was included Forbes' 30 Under 30 List for top Social Entrepreneurs.[14] She was also listed in MIT Technology Review's list of French innovators under 35 years old.[15][16] In 2017, Oorja used electrified 100 homes in Uttar Pradesh's Sarvantara Village, providing energy for 1,00 people.[17][18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b kla29@cam.ac.uk (29 January 2014). "Salters' prize for Clementine Chambon — Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology". www.ceb.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "CEBFocus" (PDF). Chemical Engineering and Biology, University of Cambridge. 2013. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  3. ^ "Clementine Chambon | Changemakers". www.changemakers.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  4. ^ "Oorja makes electricity affordable through biomass and solar power in rural India". SOCIAL ENABLERS. 2016-08-24. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  5. ^ "Winners". www.icheme.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  6. ^ IChemE. "Solar-powered water purification wins top IChemE Award". www.thechemicalengineer.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  7. ^ a b "Home - Dr. Clementine Chambon". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  8. ^ WISE. "Inspiration | Clementine Chambon". www.wisecampaign.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  9. ^ "First person - Rural empowerment - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  10. ^ "Universities should lead the fight for gender equality in business". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  11. ^ a b c "Clementine Chambon | Echoing Green". www.echoinggreen.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  12. ^ "Clementine Chambon". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  13. ^ "Businesses That Change Society: OOrja". The Global Entrepreneur's Blog. 2016-08-03. Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  14. ^ Tindera, Michela. "Clementine Chambon, 23 - pg.5". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  15. ^ "Le MIT récompense 10 jeunes innovateurs français". start.lesechos.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  16. ^ "Clémentine Chambon, la fée électricité". The Good Life (in French). 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  17. ^ "UK Student Clementine Chambon Uses Solar Power To Light Up Indian Village". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  18. ^ "UK student Clementine Chambon lights up Sarvantara village in Uttar Pradesh with solar power". The Financial Express. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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