Previously led all company divisions including NOVONIX Battery Technology Solutions and NOVONIX Anode Materials
Co-developed the breakthrough Ultra-High-Precision-Coulometry (UHPC) technology with Professor Jeff Dahn
Co-founded NOVONIX Battery Technology Solutions in Canada in 2013
Former Senior Research Engineer with TESLA. As TESLA’s first technical hire in Canada in 2015, Dr. Burns led projects in materials and battery characterization with the goals of selecting EV and ESS battery chemistry and materials
Dr. Burns holds multiple patents related to Li-ion batteries and is a co-author on peer reviewed journal articles that have been cited over 4,000 times
Received his PhD and MS in Physics from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and his BS in Physics from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia