Dr. Wayne E. Archibald, Executive Director of Green Solutions International SKN is a visionary, lecturer, and entrepreneur in renewable energy, with more than two decades of extensive experience across Jamaica, St. Kitts, and the wider Caribbean.

Dr. Archibald served as an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Physical Sciences in the College of Science and Math at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) from 2010-2016 and was the founding Director of the Caribbean Green Technology Center at that Institution. During his time there, he was appointed Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University where his research on materials for fuel cells was funded by the National Science Foundation Leadership Development Initiative for young investigators. His collaboration with the Army Research Lab in Aberdeen, Maryland during his tenure at UVI, as a visiting scientist, afforded him the opportunity to have his work used for outreach and educational purposes. He was also a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies.
Additionally, he is a co-author of the Caribbean chapter of the Fourth National Climate Assessment produced by the US Global Change Research Program. His publication, “Islands in the Sun and the Solar Power Deployment Initiative in the US Virgin Islands” was featured on the cover of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) Electrification Magazine (March 2015 issue).

Dr. Archibald obtained his Associate of Science in Physics and Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of the Virgin Islands and completed his Master of Science and Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also completed a one-year post-Doctoral fellowship in Mechanical Engineering at CMU.