Ph.D. chemist turned CEO, Dr. Rebecca Boudreaux leads Oberon Fuels at the intersection of molecules, markets, and massive decarbonization. She is driving the commercialization of renewable dimethyl ether (DME), a low-carbon, drop-in solution for the global propane industry, a smarter way to move hydrogen, and an emerging propellant for the aerosol industry.

Under her leadership, Oberon built the world’s first commercial renewable DME plant and brought DME-blended propane to market, turning promising chemistry into real world infrastructure. Dr. Boudreaux has secured partnerships and investments from global leaders including Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, Ford, Suburban Propane, Lipigas, DCC, L’Oréal, and Aeropres, expanding renewable molecules from heavy transport into consumer products.

Most recently, Oberon partnered with Aeropres to launch renewable DME as a next-generation aerosol propellant and was selected for L’Oréal’s inaugural L’AcceleratOR cohort. In 2025, Oberon was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Dr. Boudreaux began her career in the lab at MIT, Princeton, and National Starch, and still approaches business the same way: test, learn, iterate, scale. She holds degrees in polymer science and engineering (B.S., magna cum laude, University of Southern Mississippi; M.S. & Ph.D., University of Massachusetts), is a co-author of seven publications, and co-inventor on 13 patents. She serves on the Advanced Biofuels Association Executive Committee and previously chaired ASTM’s DME Taskforce for a decade, helping establish industry standards and contributing to CARB initiatives.

Named a Top 10 Industry Innovator in 2022 and one of Hart Energy’s 2024 Influential Women in Energy. Still a scientist, just running experiments at industrial scale.
Ph.D. chemist turned CEO, Dr. Rebecca Boudreaux leads Oberon Fuels at the intersection of molecules, markets, and massive decarbonization. She is driving the commercialization of renewable dimethyl ether (DME), a low-carbon, drop-in solution for the global propane industry, a smarter way to move hydrogen, and an emerging propellant for the aerosol industry.

Under her leadership, Oberon built the world’s first commercial renewable DME plant and brought DME-blended propane to market, turning promising chemistry into real world infrastructure. Dr. Boudreaux has secured partnerships and investments from global leaders including Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, Ford, Suburban Propane, Lipigas, DCC, L’Oréal, and Aeropres, expanding renewable molecules from heavy transport into consumer products.

Most recently, Oberon partnered with Aeropres to launch renewable DME as a next-generation aerosol propellant and was selected for L’Oréal’s inaugural L’AcceleratOR cohort. In 2025, Oberon was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Dr. Boudreaux began her career in the lab at MIT, Princeton, and National Starch, and still approaches business the same way: test, learn, iterate, scale. She holds degrees in polymer science and engineering (B.S., magna cum laude, University of Southern Mississippi; M.S. & Ph.D., University of Massachusetts), is a co-author of seven publications, and co-inventor on 13 patents. She serves on the Advanced Biofuels Association Executive Committee and previously chaired ASTM’s DME Taskforce for a decade, helping establish industry standards and contributing to CARB initiatives.

Named a Top 10 Industry Innovator in 2022 and one of Hart Energy’s 2024 Influential Women in Energy. Still a scientist, just running experiments at industrial scale.