Ryan is the co-founder and CEO of Solidec, and he is committed to solving the world’s most pressing challenges. Ryan began his career in research and consulting, where he developed technologies for clean water access around the globe. His work has spanned a range of scales, from lab-scale membranes to household filtration systems to wastewater treatment plants. He received masters and PhD in engineering from Cambridge and Yale, respectively, and is an author on over 20 peer-reviewed articles.

Yang is the co-founder and CTO of Solidec. His work focuses on building electrolyzers at scale to pull molecules out of air and generate chemicals. Yang received his PhD from Rice University in chemical engineering, where he first built Solidec’s technology, and has published over 10 peer-reviewed articles, including publications in Nature and Science.

Haotian is the co-founder and Chief Scientist at Solidec as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He began his research career as a principal investigator at Harvard. His research group focuses on developing novel electrochemical reactors and nanocatalysts for energy and environmental applications, and his over 90 publications have received more than 30K citations.

David Liu is an engineer-turned-attorney. He graduated from Harvard Law School and started his legal career at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati PC, where he helped numerous emerging companies with their financings and corporate governance matters. Before becoming an attorney, he worked on batteries as an assistant professor at the New York State College of Ceramics. David also holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Washington.