Serra Topal Ismail Oglou

Xatoms

BIOGRAPHY

Serra Topal Ismail Oglou is the Chief Financial Officer at Xatoms, a clean tech startup based in Toronto. The company uses AI and quantum chemistry to discover novel photocatalysts for water purification, accelerating material discovery by 40 times and enabling sustainable, decentralised treatment systems.

Serra’s work supports the development of low-maintenance, visible-light solutions that remove chemical and biological pollutants without energy-intensive methods. Her background spans carbon emissions forecasting in New York, waste reduction consulting in Costa Rica, and research into the environmental impacts of fast fashion and overfishing.