j. thomas mckinnon, ph.d.

J. Thomas McKinnon, Ph.D., is a professor of chemical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and is also the founder and CTO of Novare Biofuels, Inc, a company developing technology to produce low-cost gasoline from cellulosic feedstocks. Dr. McKinnon’s expertise is in fuels, combustion chemistry, and pyrolysis. Recent projects include the development of a water mist fire suppression technology that was tested on the Space Shuttle and the development of a software platform for the modeling of combustion processes at the level of elementary reaction chemistry.


advisory board

David Oehl, Maven Power

Brooks M. Hybertson, Ph.D.

J. Thomas McKinnon, Ph.D.

James Hettenhaus

Buzz Walker