World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Christopher Hendon
Professor
University of Oregon


Prof. Christopher Hendon is a computational chemist with interests in energy materials and coffee extraction. He obtained his BSc. Adv. HONS from Monash University (2011) and PhD from the University of Bath (2015). After a two-year postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology he joined the University of Oregon in 2017 where he is now an Associate Professor of chemistry. He has published over 150 papers, was named a Cottrell Scholar in 2021, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar in 2022, the Samuel R. Scholes Jnr. Lecture for excellence in scientific communication, and has been awarded the Rippey Award for Innovative Teaching. In coffee, he authored Water For Coffee and has written numerous peer-reviewed articles on the topic. He is also a founder of Overpotential, a startup that uses electricity to modify flavors in drinks.

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