About
Lukas Hackl is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aepnus Technology Inc., which develops an electrochemical platform technology aimed at electrifying and decarbonizing the production of various chemicals. He completed a PhD at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he built and characterized electrochemical flow systems for selective ion capture applied to water desalination and resource recovery. He is also an Activate alumnus and an affiliate of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Founder at Aepnus
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Clean Energy VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checksIMPACT SCIENCE VENTURESPalo AltoISVWest Palm BeachLOWERCARBONJackson · $1M – $50M checksLowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checksMuus Climate PartnersNew YorkNational Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2023NextFab VenturesPhiladelphiaVoyager PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks
Experience
- Aepnus Technology Inc.Chief Executive Officer, Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
- ActivateActivate Fellow2022 — 2024Berkeley, California, United States
- UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryPhD Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering2016 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Drexel University College of EngineeringVisiting Researcher2019Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Berkeley LabVisiting Researcher2015 — 2016Berkeley, California
- Tronex TechnologyResearch and Development Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco, California
- AEG Power SolutionsResearch&Development Intern2011Warstein, Germany
- Lanterna EducationMathematics Tutor2009 — 2010
Skills & more
Analysis1Leadership1Public Speaking2Research8Finite Element Analysis4Mechanical Engineering5Tutoring3Solid Mechanics2Economics4Teaching2NanoparticlesNanofabrication
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Data AnalysisEngineeringEntrepreneurshipManufacturingElectrochemistryElectrochemical CharacterizationElectrochemical EngineeringImpedance SpectroscopyWater TreatmentSocial EntrepreneurshipRheologyMatlabLanguages English · German
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- Who is Lukas Hackl?
- Lukas Hackl is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aepnus Technology Inc., which develops an electrochemical platform technology aimed at electrifying and decarbonizing the production of various chemicals. He completed a PhD at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he built and characterized electrochemical flow systems for selective ion capture applied to water desalination and resource recovery. He is also an Activate alumnus and an affiliate of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Where does Lukas Hackl work?
- Lukas Hackl is Founder of Aepnus.
- What companies did Lukas Hackl found?
- Lukas Hackl founded Aepnus.
- Where did Lukas Hackl go to school?
- Lukas Hackl studied at UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental and Civil Engineering); ETH Zürich (Master's Degree (M.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering and Nanotechnology); The University of Edinburgh (Bachelor;s degree (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering and Business).
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