Adam is the co-inventor of ChemFinity’s foundational tech, blending his fascination for materials chemistry with his expertise in chemical separations. He has served as a Principal Investigator on >10 grants and led projects building hardware across four continents to efficiently recover resources from wastes, such as gold, water, and chemical commodities. Adam earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering (summa cum laude) with three minors from Penn State University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, supported by NSF, AIChE, NAMS, AWWA, and Philomathia fellowships. He is a Breakthrough Energy Fellow and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.

Ever is a co-inventor of ChemFinity’s foundational technology, leading the technology and scale-up developments from the laboratory toward industrial deployment. He is driven by curiosity and purpose to translate cutting-edge research into transformative solutions that advance resource recovery. Ever earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Florida State University, graduating summa cum laude with honors in the major. As an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, he completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he specialized in the design and development of new materials for molecular separations that offer significant enhancements in energy efficiency and performance. These new materials included plasticization-resistant membranes, porous inorganic materials, porous polymers, phase-change adsorbents, and metal–organic frameworks. He is a Breakthrough Energy Fellow and a Newlab fellow.

Alyssa is a process engineer at ChemFinity, leading different parts of the development and testing of ChemFinity’s highly selective separation prototypes. She was previously a semiconductor engineer at IBM and a chemical engineer at Amogy. As Amogy’s first employee, Alyssa wore many hats and contributed to several successful demonstrations of their technology, which utilizes ammonia as an energy source. She is highly interested in tackling environmental and climate concerns. Alyssa earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina. 

Will is an Operations Specialist at ChemFinity and brings a unique background working in advanced materials startups across technical, administrative, and strategic roles. Formerly a laboratory technician at Wildcat Discovery Technologies and technical program manager at Ion Storage Systems, Will has experience contributing to many areas within early-stage deep tech companies, including lab operations, project management, IP protection, and securing government funding to help accelerate climate technologies from lab to pilot scale. Will earned his B.S in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Drew Barber is a Senior Process Engineer at ChemFinity focused on scale-up and deployment of critical mineral systems. He brings 5 years of experience designing and operating modular pilot projects across Europe and South America as a process engineer at Lilac Solutions, with expertise in reactor design, separations, solids handling, and automation. Drew holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and is passionate about building practical, sustainable technology.

Shivani leads our core R&D efforts, driving the development of novel sorbent technologies and their scale-up to pilot level. She holds a BS from the University of Delhi and an integrated MS–PhD from IISER Pune, supported by a CSIR Fellowship. During her doctoral research, she discovered a passion for designing atomically tailored networks and applying them to sustainability challenges. In her postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley, supported by a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship, she extended this expertise to challenges including direct air capture of carbon dioxide and the capture of critical metal ions.

Gulnihal is a Materials Chemist at ChemFinity and brings an organic chemistry background rooted in polymeric material design and synthetic method development. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Rice University, where she designed and synthesized porous organic polymers for carbon dioxide capture. She then completed her M.A. in Chemistry at Columbia University, where she led a project in tandem 1,3-difunctionalization of alkanes. She is passionate about employing her synthetic background in the development of sustainable technologies. 

Gustavo is an Applications Scientist at ChemFinity focused on large-scale polymer synthesis and leaching for critical mineral recovery. He brings an interdisciplinary perspective to his work, having earned a BA in Chemistry from Columbia University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Brandeis University. His research background spans the development of Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST) systems and electrode interfacial phenomena in Solar Fuel Engineering. Gustavo is passionate about materials science for sustainability and renewable energy, and aims to apply his dual background in chemistry and engineering toward the development of sustainable solutions.

Ben is Director of Business Development at ChemFinity, driving commercial development. He brings experience across biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and deep tech, focused on bringing emerging technologies from lab-scale to commercialization. Throughout his career, Ben has built partnerships across R&D, manufacturing, and commercial functions, and has built and helped grow early-stage ventures. He is passionate about advancing technologies that create meaningful environmental and societal impact.

Saachi Grewal is a Separations Chemist focused on leaching and separations processes for critical metal recovery. Prior to this role, she spent three years at Air Company contributing to projects spanning catalysis, CO2-to-SAF reaction chemistry, and separations. She graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Applied Physics and a concentration in Energy Studies. Her research explored plasma electrochemistry for CO2 conversion and plasma-enabled nitrogenous fertilizer synthesis. She is passionate about advancing sustainable technologies across diverse applications and industries.  

Gray is a Senior Materials Chemist at ChemFinity Technologies, focused on scaling up existing adsorbents and developing new materials. He holds a BS from the University of Georgia and a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, where he developed unique molecular architectures and integrated these compounds into networks. Following his PhD, Gray moved to Northwestern University, where he worked on adsorbent development for PFAS removal, developing methods to scale adsorbent production and optimizing sorbent design for enhanced performance.

Dan Russell is Head of Strategy at ChemFinity, bringing over 40 years of technical and operational leadership experience spanning Fortune 100 companies and deep tech startups. His work has focused on scaling advanced manufacturing in the energy and materials sectors, including serving as Chief Operating Officer at the critical minerals recycling startup Ascend Elements, where he led global capacity expansion efforts that contributed to the company’s growth from a $20M to a $1.6B valuation in four years. He previously held executive roles in the EV battery, opto-electronic materials, and solar industries, including Vice President of International Operations at Evergreen Solar, where he oversaw the establishment of fully integrated photovoltaic manufacturing facilities across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.