Our Team
We are a diverse, determined and energetic team of problem solvers who love a challenge. Our team of materials and adsorption specialists use their practical know-how to help create innovative, low-cost
MOF solutions to your gas challenge.
Our executive team apply their proven commercial track record to quickly take you from problem
to product.
Dr Conor
Hamill
COO
Conor oversees our business operations, and is in charge of strategic partnerships as well as driving growth in MOF manufacture and application development.
Dr Jose
Casaban
CTO
Jose is a true MOF expert with over 10 years devoted to MOF application development and commercialisation. He oversees all technical initiatives and coordinates all partner R&D projects.
Dr Efstratios
Stavrakakis
BD Executive
Efstratios is our lead business developer and is central to managing our relationships with key partners. He’s a PhD trained engineer with particular experience in strategic project management.
Amalie Lyneborg
Head of Marketing
Amalie is responsible for ensuring the right people know about the game-changing opportunities that MOFs could bring to their industries, bringing a strategic approach to marketing.
Dr Ciaran
Coney
Performance Manager
Ciarán stewards our MOF performance program. He's a MOF adsorption specialist and holds a PhD in transient gas-solid charecterisation techniques. Ciarán helps our partners realise their MOF adsorption system.
Dr Yuancheng
Zhang
Development Manager
Yuancheng leads our new material development programs. He’s a PhD trained chemist with expert knowledge in mechanochemical MOF synthesis and has been central to the expansion of our MOF portfolio.
Dr David Mulrooney
R&D Chemist
Alongside his expertise in MOF Chemistry, David applies his experience in designing multifunctional layered MOFs, and passion for mitigating climate change, to support our mission of innovating and pioneering the MOF field.
Dr Hamza
Annath
Senior R&D Chemist
Hamza is our MOF shaping and formulation expert. He’s PhD trained and brings significant industrial experience in the development and optimisation of adsorbent formulation processes from previous roles at Sud-Chemie & UOP-Honeywell.
Dr Matthew
West
Performance Engineer
Matthew is a chemical engineer, specialised in gas separation processes. His expertise in the design of gas separation equipment is complemented by his knowledge of gas analysis techniques.
Rebecca Robinson
Process Development Engineer
Rebecca is a Chemical Engineer with specialist training in lean 6σ methodology. She works to develop and upscale the production of new MOFs via our patented mechanochemical extrusion process.
Dennis
Wong
Performance Engineer
Dennis has specialised knowledge in the physicochemical testing and characterisation of MOFs for a variety of real-world gas storage and separation applications.
Dr Tommaso
Pellegrinelli
Performance Engineer
Tommaso is the latest addition to our performance team. As an experienced researcher in catalytic and adsorbent systems, he brings his expertise in adsorbent characterisation techniques and performance testing.
Jack Loughrey
Marketing Executive
Jack has a background in Marketing Management specialising in digital marketing and brand awareness. He is focused on ensuring that the wider community learns about the revolutionary capabilities of MOFs.
Our Board
Simon Henson
Chairman
A serial entrepreneur, Simon brings a wealth of start-up business experience. He began his career in the timber industry before founding a European travel operation and an international electronics company. His most recent venture was a data management business providing outsourced services to mortgage lenders. Having secured 50% of the UK market, the company was sold to MacDonald Detweiler of Canada in 2006. He has sat on government technology and IT committees and now consults on the development of SMEs and their preparation for sale or flotation.
Partners
