Elise Strobach  

Founder & CEO, AeroShield Materials, Inc.

From renewable energy to building efficiency, Elise Strobach has always been motivated by the economic and environmental impact of removing real-world adoption barriers of pivotal technologies. This passion led her to found AeroShield Materials Inc. in 2019 based on her PhD work at MIT, where she co-invented ultra-clear and super-insulating aerogels for windows. Now her mission as CEO of AeroShield is to provide the next generation of energy-efficient and cost-effective materials for building windows, bringing us one step closer to a low-carbon future.