Where does Ignasi Palou-Rivera work?

Ignasi Palou-Rivera is Chief Technology Officer at Refinity.

Where did Ignasi Palou-Rivera go to school?

Ignasi Palou-Rivera studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering); Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Engineer, Chemical Engineering); Sant Gregori.

Ignasi Palou-Rivera

Chief Technology Officer at Refinity

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

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Ignasi Palou-Rivera serves as Chief Technology Officer at Refinity. His work centers on managing interdisciplinary, multi-organization teams focused on energy transition and climate change challenges through the scale-up and deployment of new technology and workforce development.

Chief Technology Officer at Refinity

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Experience

RefinityChief Technology Officercurrent2025 — present
Efficient Process SystemsPrincipalcurrent2026 — presentGreater Chicago Area
Illinois Institute of TechnologyAdjunct Facultycurrent2022 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical EngineersExecutive Director and Chief Technology Officer - RAPID Manufacturing Institute2022 — 2025New York, New York, United States
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical EngineersChief Technology Officer - RAPID Manufacturing Institute2021New York, New York, United States
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical EngineersTechnology Platform Director - RAPID Manufacturing Institute2019 — 2021
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical EngineersTechnical Program Manager - RAPID Manufacturing Institute2017 — 2019New York NY (working remotely from IL)
LanzaTechSenior Process Engineer2012 — 2017Skokie IL
Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Transportation ResearchPrincipal Environmental Engineer2010 — 2012Argonne IL
bpPrincipal Engineer, Refining Technology, Modelling & Optimization2005 — 2010Naperville IL
Applied Materials, CMP DivisionEngineer III2002 — 2005Santa Clara, CA
MIT, Dept. of Chemical EngineeringPostdoctoral Researcher2001 — 2002Cambridge, MA
Hyprotech Europe, AEA TechnologyR&D Engineer (Tactical Development)1999 — 2001Barcelona, Spain
Aspentech UK, Advanced Process DesignTechnology Development Engineer1998 — 1999Warrington, UK

Skills & more

Process Development2Process Technology Scale-Up1Product Development1Technology LeadershipPetrochemicalsProject ManagementDecarbonizationChemical Engineering37Optimization16Modeling19Engineering8Life Cycle Assessment3

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Technology EvaluationProcess IntegrationSimulationEnergyProcess EngineeringRenewable EnergyOptimizationsProcess Optimization

Languages Catalan · English · Spanish

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Who is Ignasi Palou-Rivera?: Ignasi Palou-Rivera serves as Chief Technology Officer at Refinity. His work centers on managing interdisciplinary, multi-organization teams focused on energy transition and climate change challenges through the scale-up and deployment of new technology and workforce development.
Where does Ignasi Palou-Rivera work?: Ignasi Palou-Rivera is Chief Technology Officer at Refinity.
Where did Ignasi Palou-Rivera go to school?: Ignasi Palou-Rivera studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering); Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Engineer, Chemical Engineering); Sant Gregori.

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