Dr Jane Jin

Dr Jane Jin is the co-founder and COO of OXCCU, an Oxford University spin-out converting waste carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel. Born and raised in China, Jane completed her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, specialising in organocatalysis in flow, in 2010. She brings a rare combination of deep scientific expertise and commercial acumen that has been central to OXCCU's journey from academic research to commercial-scale demonstration.

Before co-founding OXCCU in 2021, Jane spent over a decade in IP commercialisation and innovation management, ultimately serving as the ClimateTech Lead at Oxford University Innovation (OUI). In this role she worked closely with university research groups to identify technologies with commercial potential, shepherd them through the spin-out process, and connect them with the strategic and financial backing needed to reach the market. It was through this work that she encountered the breakthrough iron-based catalyst research by Professors Peter Edwards and Tiancun Xiao that underpins OXCCU's one-step CO₂-to-jet-fuel conversion process — and recognised immediately that it represented a platform technology of unusual commercial significance.

As COO of OXCCU, Jane oversees operations, partnerships, and the strategic commercialisation of the company's technology. She played a pivotal role in securing the company's Series A, Series B, and government grant funding, and led the partnership development with IAGi Ventures, Safran Corporate Ventures, and Aramco Ventures that gives OXCCU direct route-to-market access within the aviation supply chain. Her work on the commissioning of OX1, the world's first demonstration plant to convert CO₂ directly into jet fuel in a single step at London Oxford Airport, marked a milestone in turning a decade of academic research into operational reality.

Jane was recognised in TechRound's Sustainability60 awards alongside OXCCU, and has been a prominent speaker at cleantech and climate finance events in the UK. She serves as a board member and active voice within the sustainable aviation fuel ecosystem, contributing to both the scientific and policy conversations shaping the sector's trajectory. OXCCU was named to the 2025 Global Cleantech 100 and won the 2026 Startups 100 Sustainability Award under her operational leadership.