Dr. Joseph P. Mooney – Research Engineer II
Dr. Joseph P. Mooney is a Research Engineer II at Georgia Tech’s Energy Innovation Lab, where he develops experiments and, advanced materials and systems for sustainable water and energy technologies. His research focuses on sorbent-based water harvesting, heat exchangers, electronics thermal management and waste-heat-driven cooling. He previously held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship at MIT and the University of Limerick and is the co-founder and CEO of WattAir, a Georgia Tech spinout redefining the water–energy nexus. Dr. Mooney used to be an international swimmer and enjoys the outdoors, surfing, photography and frequent trips back to Ireland!
- WattAir (2025-Present): Co-founder and CEO – Water and cooling for anyone, anywhere.
- Breakthrough Energy Explorer (2025-Present): Georgia Institute of Technology. Research Engineer II
- Marie Skłodowska Curie Global Fellowship (2022-present): Massachusetts Institute of Technology – University of Limerick, Ireland. Development of high-efficiency passive solar-water and energy technologies.
- U.S. Department of Energy (2022-present): MIT. High-energy density hydrogel thermal energy storage and HVAC. Rheem & HTT, collaboration
- Post-doctoral Researcher (2021-2022): Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Data centre thermal management.
- PhD & Industrial Placement (2018): University of Limerick & Nokia Bell Laboratories, Ireland. Rack level thermal management of data centres.
