Yisen is a Master of Science student in the Department of Civil Engineering at McGill University, where he also obtained his Bachelors of Engineering in Civil Engineering. Under Prof. Sarah Jordaan, he works on the life cycle and techno-economic assessment of electric vehicle batteries, investigating their potential for re-use in stationary grid storage systems. He is particularly interested in the economic and policy implications of adopting green technologies. In his free time, he likes to read novels and play the ukulele.