Overview: Collaborative organisation to promote effective and innovative use of technology in universities, research institutes and organisations.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Senkut gives back to the SVSC by supporting research at universities such as UCSF and innovative new educational institutions like Singularity University, board memberships and investing.

FORBES: Aydin Senkut's Voyage from Turkey to the Heart of Silicon Valley

"The Critical Materials Institute will bring together the best and brightest research minds from universities, national laboratories and the private sector to find innovative technology solutions that will help us avoid a supply shortage that would threaten our clean energy industry as well as our security interests, " he said in a statement.

BBC: US to build $120m rare earth research institute