Matthew L. Scullin

{{short description|American materials scientist (born 1983)}}

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| birth_place = Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

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| education = University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)

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| occupation = Materials scientist, businessman

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| known_for = CEO of MycoWorks, Co-founder of Alphabet Energy

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Matthew L. Scullin is an American materials scientist and businessman, best known for his work in sustainability related to methane emissions reduction from the oil & gas[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002064619/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/matt-scullin-power-recycler-09292011.html Matt Scullin, Power Recycler - Businessweek] and agriculture industries. He was named Forbes 30 Under 30{{Cite web|url = https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jdde/matthew-scullin-29/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130101103100/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jdde/matthew-scullin-29/|url-status = dead|archive-date = January 1, 2013|title = Matthew Scullin, 29 - In Photos: 30 Under 30: Energy|date = 17 December 2012|accessdate = 4 September 2014|website = Forbes|publisher = |last = Helman|first = Christopher}} in 2012 and has published over 50 papers and patents, garnering over 1700 citations and an h-index of 17.{{Cite web|url = https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NvelDlcAAAAJ|title = Matthew L. Scullin Google Scholar Entry|accessdate = 7 April 2020}}

He is currently the CEO Emeryville, California-based MycoWorks, a biomaterials company making leathers from fungal mycelium.{{Cite web|url = https://www.vogue.com/article/reishi-launch-vegan-sustainable-faux-leather-alternative|title = Leather's Carbon Footprint Is Immense, But This Plant-Based Alternative Could Be the Way Forward|date = 5 February 2020|accessdate = 7 April 2020|website = Vogue|publisher = Conde Nast|last = Farra|first = Emily}} Previously, he was CEO of Alphabet Energy, which he co-founded in 2008 with Peidong Yang. Alphabet Energy was the leader in commercial thermoelectric waste heat recovery systems,[https://web.archive.org/web/20100825161038/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100823-energy-electric-power-from-heat/ Tapping into the Electric Power of Heat] having been named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum{{Cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/community/technology-pioneers|title = Technology Pioneers}} in 2013 when Scullin was recognized in Davos.[https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/01/alphabet-energy-pilots/ Alphabet Energy's Waste-Heat Recovery Tech Is Out Of The Lab, Pilot Projects Underway | TechCrunch]

Scullin was born and raised in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan, where he attended the United Nations International School. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania magna cum laude, where he won the R.M. Brick Award in Materials Science,[http://2011showcase.lbl.gov/speakers.html Berkeley Lab Energy Showcase] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052810/http://2011showcase.lbl.gov/speakers.html |date=2014-05-29 }} and then went on to complete his Ph.D. in Materials Science at the University of California, Berkeley with advisers Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Arun Majumdar. He has lectured about cleantech and entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management, Haas School of Business, HEC Paris, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Most of Scullin's work relates to ideas in microstructures of materials, crystallography, and symmetry, and how engineering these allows for novel properties in materials. In 2007 Scullin collaborated with architects Aranda\Lasch on a commissioned piece entitled "Rules of Six" for the exhibit Design and the Elastic Mind at the MoMA in New York.[http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/37/831 MoMA | Aranda/Lasch and Matthew L. Scullin. Rules of Six. 2007]

He is also a DJ and musician, and has performed with and DJed for M.I.A. and BC Kingdom.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002064619/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/matt-scullin-power-recycler-09292011.html Matt Scullin, Power Recycler - Businessweek]{{Cite web|url = https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jdde/matthew-scullin-29/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130101103100/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jdde/matthew-scullin-29/|url-status = dead|archive-date = January 1, 2013|title = Matthew Scullin, 29 - In Photos: 30 Under 30: Energy|date = 17 December 2012|accessdate = 4 September 2014|website = Forbes|publisher = |last = Helman|first = Christopher}}