Daniel Resasco is SWeNT’s chief scientist and directs the carbon nanotube research team that invented the CoMoCAT® catalytic process. He also is Douglas and Hilda Bourne Chair of Chemical Engineering and George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma.

Resasco holds numerous industrial patents and has been principal investigator on many federal and state research grants. A former senior scientist for Sun Oil Co., he is a frequent industrial consultant for Fortune 500 energy and chemical companies and a sought-after speaker at industrial and academic conferences.

In 2004, Resasco received the Oklahoma Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society and the Yale Science and Engineering Award. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Catalysis and formerly served on the editorial board of Applied Catalysis.

He holds a doctoral degree from Yale University.