Energy Executive in Residence
Haibin Xu is a senior leader in energy, with career experiences in upstream oil and gas, innovation, corporate strategy, and venture investment. Most recently, he was General Manager Shell Research Alliance, and a member of the Shell Science Council. Previously he was co-founder and founding director of GCxN, an award-winning global cleantech incubator as a partnership between Shell and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). He is the 2026 President-Elect of the Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE). He has a passion for mentoring early career professionals and has delivered a TEDx talk on career growth. Haibin holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University.