SoCalGas® and C-Zero invite you to a seminar to learn about a new process for transforming natural gas into hydrogen and a solid carbon co-product. C-Zero’s technology, which was initially developed at the University of California Santa Barbara, uses high temperatures to split methane - the primary molecule in natural gas- into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis. The hydrogen can be used in place of natural gas to help decarbonize a wide array of existing applications, including hydrogen production for fuel cell vehicles, while the carbon can be permanently sequestered. 

In this seminar we will introduce C-Zero’s technology and the role that methane pyrolysis can play in decarbonizing our existing natural gas infrastructure. We will also discuss the recent work that C-Zero completed with assistance from SoCalGas, and how it fits into C-Zero’s greater effort to create a large-scale prototype demonstration system. 

Speakers:
Zach Jones: Mr. Jones is the CEO of C-Zero. He also has a successful track record in technology commercialization, having founded and sold a medical device company prior to joining a private equity firm. In 2018, he left to found C-Zero with Prof. Eric McFarland (UCSB). He holds a BSE in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Fadl Saadi: Dr. Saadi is the Director of Business Development and Operations at C-Zero with an expertise is in emerging energy technologies. He previously worked at ARPA-E, the US Department of Energy’s program modeled after DARPA where he assessed hundreds of energy technologies focusing on low-emission fuels. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the California Institute of Technology and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.