We are hiring.
We are an impact-driven team of scientists and entrepreneurs.
Operating out of our laboratory in West London, our goal is to scale the production of high-performance, fire-safe insulation materials.
Meet our senior team:
Dr Samuel Cryer
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Sam holds a PhD in organic chemistry from Imperial College London and is the inventor of Thermulon’s novel aerogel process. Sam stands at the intersection of materials science, entrepreneurship and sustainability; commercialising the production of Thermulon’s aerogels with one clear goal: to reduce the carbon footprint of the building stock and enable a net-zero future.
DJ Marker
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DJ is an experienced Board Director and Operations Director and has previously built and implemented operations and scale-up strategies in high growth companies across sectors
Dr Rulande Rutgers
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Rulande has a proven track record of venturing, technology transfer and commercialisation of technologies. She has extensive experience in leading and developing high-performing technical teams in lean, fast-paced start-up settings, most recently as Process Technology Director for the Hydrogen Technologies Sector at Johnson Matthey. Rulande has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge, and a MEng from Delft University of Technology.
Established in 2019, Thermulon is backed by high-impact VCs
(including Deep Science Ventures, Sustainable Ventures and
Sky Ocean Ventures), as well as a strong community of
angel & crowdfunding investors.
Meet our technical team:
Alyne brings more than 8 years of aerogel experience to the team particularly in silica and silica-carbon aerogels. Alyne obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Coimbra. Alyne works on the development, optimisation and improvement of synthetic pathways of nanoporous inorganic aerogel materials.
Dr Alyne Lamy
Head of Chemistry and Product
Dr Stephen Parirenyatwa
Head of Process Development
Stephen’s background is in the development and scale-up of a novel processes; earning his PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Leeds focusing on the extraction of critical materials from mine waste. Stephen is responsible for Thermulon’s continuous production methodology.
Chiara Zafferri
R&D Chemist
Chiara earned a 2-year master degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Parma. She has been involved in developing high throughput methods for NMR and LC-MS screening for Plant Metabolomics. Her work focuses on optimising the synthetic pathway for the production of inorganic aerogel powder
Orla Mulholland-Patterson
Junior Process Engineer
Orla obtained a Master of Professional Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the University of Western Australia. Her experience is in large scale metallurgy processes and metallurgy test laboratories. Orla assists with continuous and batch aerogel production.
Dr Lukas Thoni
R&D Chemist
Lukas brings several years of aerogel experience to the team, having worked with other oxidic aerogels besides silica. His PhD research focused on developing aerogels as catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. Lukas works on lab scale and upscaling of different processing steps.
Dr Katherine Macmillan
R&D Chemist
Katherine has over 9 years of experience with hands-on laboratory work, ranging from soft matter physics, to wet chemistry. She is also trained in a wide range of analytical techniques. After completing her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, she completed post-docs in both Dusseldorf and Utrecht.
Hannah Rudolph
Operations Lead
With experience in business analysis and operations across a diverse portfolio of companies—including start-ups in ag-tech, med-tech, and tourism — Hannah drives efficiency and fosters continuous improvement. She is dedicated to cultivating a collaborative environment that supports innovation and growth across all functions.
Gurnoor Jassy
Head of Scale-Up
Gurnoor has 7 years of experience in the process development and scale-up of multiple chemical processes in various research business. His background is in chemical engineering and will be responsible for the designing and build of the continuous pilot scale and industrial batch scale process.
Dr Sam Davies
R&D Chemist
Sam's background is in the development of polymers for solutions to issues with both medical devices and consumer products. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London focused on the development of novel polymeric materials for photonic biosensor devices.
Our values
We are an impact-driven company: we know that if we achieve our vision, we will make the world a better place. This impact excites us and drives us every day.
We love what we do and we pull together as a team: we rely on each other for skills and experience. As scientists, we are inquisitive, we innovate and we are always learning. We always seek opportunities to learn from each other and teach each other. We empower our scientists’ work with our state-of-the-art aerogel laboratory in West London and access to world-class analytical facilities.
We work with decisiveness and a sense of urgency: we can have a huge impact when we collaborate and grow together and this means we move at a pace. We care deeply about Thermulon being a fun and fair place to work and do our best to support our team in and outside of the office.