Ayden Kemp received his BS in Biosystems Engineering from Auburn University in 2024 and is now pursuing a MS in Biosystems Engineering. He has worked as an undergraduate and graduate researcher at Auburn University since 2022. He has been honored as a 2023 Goldwater Scholar and a 2023 Astronaut Scholar. His research topics mainly include biofuels, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), plastic waste upcycling, and catalytic pyrolysis.