Jardo graduated in the Masters in Physics (cum laude) and Science Business Innovation. As an avid kickboxer, he became Dutch Student Champion Boxing in 2018 and in 2020 he won the “StudenTalent of the Year” Award from the Free University Amsterdam, followed by the “Innovative Student of the Netherlands” Award in 2021. As a sustainable entrepreneur, he is now working on his green tech startup Liion Power. This earned him a place as a Dutch finalist in the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge, winning a prize of 100,000 euros to further develop his ideas for a sustainable world.