Conor Rooney

Conor is an electrochemist and PhD candidate at Yale’s Chemistry Department and Energy Science Institute. His skill set includes catalysis, reactor design, and materials science.

In Conor’s doctoral work, he helped develop the most efficient CO2 electrolysis to methanol. Conor has published >10 scientific articles in leading journals including Nature Synthesis, Nature Nanotechnology, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, where his work has been cited >270 times. He is also the author of one patent. He has a BS in Chemistry from Pomona College.

Conor is the Co-Founder and CTO of Oxylus Energy, a renewable fuels spinout of Yale University.