About
Berkley Noble is co-founder and chief technology officer of Duranium, focused on domestic critical metal production. He has expertise in molten-salt electrolysis, holds a patent for an electrochemical metal cell, and previously built a U.S. pilot magnesium electrolyzer.
Founder/CTO at DuraniumYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Berkley went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Duranium's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Berkley can intro founders to Duranium's investors below.
Duranium's investors · 1
Co-founders at Duranium
BP
Brenden Prins-McKinneyFounder/CEO
Experience
- DuraniumCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MagratheaSenior Research Engineer2025
- MagratheaResearch Engineer - Electrolysis SME2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- University of OregonGraduate Student Researcher2022 — 2023Eugene, Oregon, United States
- Cardinal FgProcess Engineer2020 — 2022Winlock, Washington, United States
- Oregon State UniversityLearning Assistant2017 — 2020Corvallis, Oregon Area
- Oregon State UniversityJohnson Student Intern2016Corvallis, Oregon Area
Skills & more
Electrochemical CharacterizationDesign of Experiments (DOE)JMPImpedance SpectroscopyPython (Programming Language)Data AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeProject ManagementMatlab
Languages English
From Berkley's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Berkley Noble?
- Berkley Noble is co-founder and chief technology officer of Duranium, focused on domestic critical metal production. He has expertise in molten-salt electrolysis, holds a patent for an electrochemical metal cell, and previously built a U.S. pilot magnesium electrolyzer.
- Where does Berkley Noble work?
- Berkley Noble is Founder/CTO of Duranium.
- What companies did Berkley Noble found?
- Berkley Noble founded Duranium.
- Where did Berkley Noble go to school?
- Berkley Noble studied at University of Oregon (Master's degree, Chemistry); Oregon State University (Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering).
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