Brian A. Korgel is the Rashid Engineering Regents Chair Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and director of UT’s Energy Institute. He also directs the Center for a Solar Powered Future (SPF2050)—an Industry/University Research Center (IUCRC) funded by the National Science Foundation—and the Clean Energies area in the UT|Portugal program. He is the Workforce Development Lead in the HyVelocity Hydrogen Hub and a member of the Texas Hydrogen Production Policy Council established within the Texas Railroad Commission to clarify the agency’s regulatory jurisdiction over hydrogen pipelines and underground storage facilities. He works at the intersection of nano & mesoscopic materials chemistry and complex fluids, tackling problems in energy storage, chemical transformations, energy harvesting and conversion, and medicine. He is also an artist exploring collaboration, language and human-artificial intelligence/robot cohabitation. He has published more than 300 papers, co-founded two companies, Innovalight and Piñon Technologies, and received various honors including the Professional Progress Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and election into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).