Founding Team

  • Robert Stoner, Ph.D.

    President

    Former Director, MIT Energy Initiative

  • Dirk Smit, Ph.D.

    Chief Technology Officer

    Former Chief Science Officer, Shell

  • Bradford Hager, Ph.D.

    Chief Geoscientist

    Professor and Former Director, MIT Earth Resources Lab

  • Kripa Varanasi, Ph.D.

    co-Chair, Science Council

    Professor of Mechanical Engineeing, MIT

  • Eric McFarland, Ph.D.

    co-Chair, Science Council

    Professor of Chemical Engineering, UCSB