Lucas Zubillaga
FounderCo-Founder & CTO at Rise Reforming
Chicago, Illinois, United States
FoundedRise Reforming · YC
About
Lucas Zubillaga holds degrees in Molecular Engineering and Physics from the University of Chicago and serves as Co-Founder and CTO at Rise Reforming. He has prior experience in nuclear waste management at Argonne National Laboratory and renewable energy at Avangrid/Iberdrola, and has led design and construction of a bench-scale reforming unit.
Co-Founder & CTO at Rise ReformingYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Lucas went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Rise Reforming's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Rise Reforming's investors below.
Rise Reforming's investors · 2
Co-founders at Rise Reforming
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George RoseCo-Founder and CEO
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Jona van OordCo-Founder & COO
Experience
- Rise ReformingCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- AvangridIntern - Offshore Wind Project Services2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Argonne National LaboratoryResearch Assistant - Nuclear Science & Engineering Division2023Lemont, Illinois, United States
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of ChicagoResearch Assistant - The Gagliardi Group2022 — 2023Chicago, Illinois, United States
- ETS Ingenieros Industriales UPMResearch Assistant - Department of Nuclear Engineering2022Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Skills & more
Waste-to-Chemicals1Project Management2Engineering DesignPitch Development2Process Safety EngineeringScientific Writing1Gas Chromatography1Jupyter Notebook (Python)3Floating Offshore WindSupply Chain ManagementRStudioLaTeX1
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CentOSParticle AcceleratorsNuclear TransmutationNuclear Waste ManagementGaussian 16ORCAAvogadroChemCraftVirtualBoxLanguages English · Spanish
- National-Level Competitive Swimmer — Real Federación Española de Natación
- Member — Nova
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucas Zubillaga?
- Lucas Zubillaga holds degrees in Molecular Engineering and Physics from the University of Chicago and serves as Co-Founder and CTO at Rise Reforming. He has prior experience in nuclear waste management at Argonne National Laboratory and renewable energy at Avangrid/Iberdrola, and has led design and construction of a bench-scale reforming unit.
- Where does Lucas Zubillaga work?
- Lucas Zubillaga is Co-Founder & CTO of Rise Reforming.
- What companies did Lucas Zubillaga found?
- Lucas Zubillaga founded Rise Reforming.
- Where did Lucas Zubillaga go to school?
- Lucas Zubillaga studied at Y Combinator (S26); University of Chicago (B.Sc. – Molecular Engineering, B.Sc. – Physics); American School of Madrid (International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (44/45)).
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