Chris Robinson is a senior director at Lux Research, where he leads the company’s in-house analysis of emerging and disruptive technologies reshaping the energy landscape. Based at Lux’s Boston headquarters, Chris collaborates closely with leaders in the oil and gas and utilities sectors, offering deep insights into how emerging innovations can drive growth or pose disruptive challenges to their businesses. His thought leadership has been recognized in leading publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on influential energy transition podcasts. Additionally, Chris’s bold and distinctive takes on trends and portents in industry and innovation can be found regularly in blog posts on Lux’s website.
Before joining Lux, Chris was a researcher at Purdue University’s Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion Laboratory, where he engineered advanced thermoelectric materials to enhance energy efficiency. He holds both a B.Sc. and MEng in mechanical engineering from Purdue.
When he’s not analyzing the future of energy, Chris enjoys spending quality time with his family, playing music, and exploring the great outdoors.
