Dr. Nicolas Calvet
Applied Research & Innovation Executive Leader @HCT | Energy Storage & Clean Tech | Building Industry-Academia Partnerships & Startups | Adjunct Professor | 2,900+ Citations | 13+ Yrs in MENA | Ex NEOM | Ex MASDAR
The move
Move
NEOM→
Higher Colleges of Technology
NEOM→Higher Colleges of TechnologyTitleEnergy Solutions & Technology Innovation → Director of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ARIE)
LocationTabuk Province, Arabie saoudite → Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Cross-border moveYes · Arabie Saoudite → United Arab Emirates
Native languageFrançais
Years in country45.0
Total experience14 years
Career arc
- Director of Applied Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ARIE)Mar 2026 — PresentHigher Colleges of Technology· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Energy Solutions & Technology InnovationJan 2025 — Mar 2026NEOM· Tabuk Province, Arabie saoudite· Full-time
- Adjunct FacultyJan 2026 — Present
Khalifa University· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Part-time - Co-Founder, Board Member & InvestorJun 2019 — Present
Seramic Materials· Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Part-time - —Present·
- —Present·
- —Present·
- Senior Manager at ENOWA.NEOMSep 2023 — Mar 2026
ENOWA· Neom· Full-time - APAC/Middle East Region Power-to-Heat (P2H) Group Leader at the LDES CouncilSep 2023 — Mar 2026NEOM· Part-time
- Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) & New Technologies InnovationSep 2023 — Dec 2024NEOM· Neom· Full-time
- Associate Professor of Practice in the Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering DepartmentMay 2023 — Aug 2023Khalifa University· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Member of the RICH (Research & Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen)Jan 2021 — Aug 2023Khalifa University· Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Part-time
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jun 2019 — Aug 2023Seramic Materials· Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Part-time
- Founder & Director of the Masdar Institute Solar Platform (MISP)Jan 2017 — Aug 2023Khalifa University· Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Executive Committee (ExCo) Board MemberJan 2014 — Aug 2023
SolarPACES· United Arab Emirates· Part-time - Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering DepartmentJan 2017 — May 2023Khalifa University· Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Consultant in Industrial DecarbonizationJan 2018 — Jun 2019
Seramic· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Part-time
- Assistant Professor in the Materials & Mechanical Engineering Department at Masdar InstituteSep 2013 — Dec 2016
Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Founder & Chair of the Masdar Institute Solar Platform (MISP)Sep 2013 — Dec 2016Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company)· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- LecturerSep 2012 — Aug 2013
PolyEnR Polytech´Montpellier· Région de Perpignan (Perpinyà), France· Part-time
Education
- Université de Perpignan Via DomitiaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) · Engineering Science2007 — 2010
- Université de Perpignan Via DomitiaMaster of Science (M.S.) · Sciences and Technolgies2005 — 2007
- Université de Perpignan Via DomitiaBachelor of Science (B.S.) · Physics & Chemistry1998 — 2001
- Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles (CPGE) - Lycée François Arago - Perpignan, FrancePCSI-PCSep 1996 — Jun 1998
- Lycée Privé Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Perpignan, FranceHigh School · Scientific1994 — 1996
Languages
- Anglais · Full professional
- Français · Native or bilingual
- Espagnol · Elementary