Dr. Markus Piro is currently an Associate Professor at McMaster University where he and his team are conducting research in nuclear fuels and materials for conventional and advanced reactors. Previously, he was the Chair of the Energy and Nuclear Engineering Department and Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Fuels and Materials at Ontario Tech, and was Section Head of Fuel Modelling at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. He earned a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada and did a Post Doc at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to research in academia, he is the President of Piro Consulting, a consulting firm supporting the nuclear industry primarily in fuel engineering and its impact on safety and licensing.