Kyle E. Cordova, Executive Director for Scientific Research and Senior Assistant to Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan for Scientific Affairs at the Royal Scientific Society, Jordan

An Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Kyle received his graduate degree in inorganic chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was a founding leader of the University of California, Berkeley Global Science Institute (BGSI). During his tenure at BGSI, Mr. Cordova was responsible for designing, implementing, and managing all global science centers in the United States and abroad (Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Jordan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Argentina, and Mexico). His research continues to focus on further developing and promoting the principles of reticular chemistry for applications in clean energy, health, and the environment. He has co-authored more than 50 publications, including 5 in Science or Nature family journals, with >16,000 citations. Kyle has received a number of awards including being named a Leaders in Innovation Fellow from the Newton Fund and UK Royal Academy of Engineering, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) U.S. Young Observer from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Ronald E. McNair Scholar, and US National Cancer Institute CURE Scholar. He has recently founded his first spin-off company, AquaPoro Ventures, to commercialize his research discoveries for water applications. His company won the Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition and UNICEF Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Entrepreneurship Competition.