A team of engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers on a mission to mitigate the reach of climate change.
AirMyne was founded on one idea—that for Direct Air Capture to make it out of the lab, it must be bullet-proof to any barriers to scale up.
Our founders Sudip and Mark met in 2012 at Honeywell. Over the course of his career, Sudip spent 16 years at Honeywell, where he co-invented a low-global warming automotive refrigerant that now generates billions of dollars in revenue.
Mark worked with Sudip at Honeywell for three years before joining Chemetall-BASF, where he helped launch their Silicon Valley R&D arm and co-invented products used to manufacture power electronics for EVs & solar applications.
Over the years, Sudip and Mark built a tight bond and a shared belief that the best innovations happen on scrappy, low-ego teams. A couple backyard prototypes and one YCombinator application later, AirMyne was born.
Meet Our Team
We’re a team of industry-tested engineers, academics, and problem solvers working on the most meaningful endeavor of our time—climate.
Sudip Mukhopadhyay
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Mark Cyffka
COO & CO-FOUNDER
MELODY DIEC, OPERATIONS & SAFETY LEAD
NGOC PHAM, FABRICATION & FACILITIES LEAD
BART SCHERPBIER, Sr. ENGINEERING MANAGER
FLYNN MICHAEL LEGG, MECHANICAL ENGINEER
CARLOS RAMIREZ, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING INTERN
JUN SEON HONG, CHEMICAL ENGINEER
DEREK POPPLE, AIRMYNE TECHNOLOGY FELLOW
BRENDAN MACE, MECHANICAL ENGINEER
ARUN KAMATH, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING INTERN
ARYAMAN BHARTIA, ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
GULNAR TULI, COMMERCIAL LEAD
VALERIE WILSON, HEAD OF DEPLOYMENT
ANTONIO HARRIS, MECHANICAL ENGINEER
SOPHIA SPERMAN, CHEMIST
CYNDIA CAO, Sr. MECHANICAL ENGINEER
ISABELLE HERRERA, ENVIRONMENTAL & COMMUNITY OUTREACH INTERN
Our Advisors
DR. MARK MUELLER, AERODYNAMICS ADVISOR (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley)
DR. SIMO MÄKIHARJU, FLUID DYNAMICS ADVISOR (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
DR. YOEL SASSON, INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY ADVISOR (Professor of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
DR. PETER HSI, SENSING AND AUTOMATION ADVISOR (RAE Systems, Founder)
MR. SCOTT JACOBSON, IP STRATEGY & GENERAL COUNSEL ADVISOR (RAB Lighting, General Counsel)
Proudly Backed By
JUSTIN HAMILTON (ANGEL INVESTOR)