Q&A: Stanford Grad Student Discusses Forbes 30 Under 30, Sustainability

Feb. 21, 2021 — Stanford mechanical engineering graduate student Nicolas Pinkowski M.S. ’17 was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list, along with Jay Schwalbe Ph.D. ’20, for his work in creating Nitricity, a sustainable fertilizer startup that could facilitate the decarbonization of the chemical industry. 

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About Nitricity

Nitricity makes climate-smart nitrogen fertilizer with renewable energy. Founded by a team of graduate students from Stanford University in 2018 – Nicolas Pinkowski serving as CEO, Joshua McEnaney serving as president and CTO, and Jay Schwalbe serving as CSO – the company is scaling its technology to provide regionalized, climate-smart nitrate fertilizer production.