Akos Kokai
Materials & Policy Innovation Engineer
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolAkos Kokai is a Materials & Policy Innovation Engineer at Apple with 12 years of interdisciplinary experience bridging materials science, environmental systems design, and policy. He holds a PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley and began his career combining chemistry and public health research, later teaching and developing technical curricula including Python instruction. At Apple he has progressed from environmental technologies intern to roles shaping materials strategy and policy, focusing on practical pathways to a sustainable and just society. He founded and led kaios LLC, applying research insights to real-world consulting and product decisions. Based in Oakland, CA, Akos combines lab-scale scientific rigor with systems-level thinking to translate complex chemical and environmental data into actionable corporate policy. He’s known for integrating technical depth with stakeholder-facing communication—an asset when turning sustainability goals into measurable engineering outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Chemistry, M.S., Chemistry at University of California, BerkeleyHon. B.Sc., Chemistry, Hon. B.Sc., Chemistry at University of Toronto
Github Skills (25)
styles10
citations10
csl9
css9
bibliography9
creative-commons9
citation8
python6
recipe6
control-flow5
anaconda5
data-import5
jupyter5
data-science4
pandas4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cmgerber/PLOS_Cloud_Explorer
Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:56 commits in 3 months
akokai/presentations
Nov 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:11 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 9 months
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