Robert Kennedy

Founder and CEO, Aeternal Upcycling

Robert M Kennedy is Founder and CEO of Aeternal Upcycling, a startup based in Chicago. Aeternal transforms single-use plastic waste into synthetic base oils for high-performance lubricants. Prior to founding Aeternal, Robert was a postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory and earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northwestern University.