Assil Halimi
Founder and CEO | Apollo Atomics
Experience
Career
2025Apollo Atomics, Inc.
FounderFounder and CEO · Cambridge, Massachusetts, États-Unis · 2025 – Present
2021Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research (Best Ph.D. Thesis Award) · 2021 – 2025
2022Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching · Кембридж, MA · 2022 – 2025
2020Engie
Reactor Operation, Core Physics Engineer · Brussels Metropolitan Area · 2020 – 2021
2019EDF
Advanced Reactors Designer · Cambridge, Massachusetts · 2019 – 2020
2017National Instruments
Lecturer and Campus Ambassador · Paris et périphérie · 2017 – 2018
2018Safran Group
Propulsion Systems Design · 2018
2016GE
Summer Engineering Intern · Tipasa, Algeria · 2016
Bio
Founder at Apollo Atomics, Inc. (YC P26). PhD in Nuclear Engineering from MIT with 15 peer-reviewed publications and 2 patents on reactor design and fuel optimization. Previously reactor operator at Engie (Belgium's nuclear operator) and advanced reactor designer at EDF (world's largest nuclear operator). Worked with Westinghouse, NuScale, Rolls-Royce on PWR development.