Chanel joined Optimized Gas Treating in October 2026 as a Customer Success Engineer. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2021 with a B.S. in chemical engineering, concentrating in biofuels and bioproducts. Chanel then spent three and a half years at Aramco Americas Research and Development, working on mobile carbon capture and other emissions control technologies. After her time in R&D, she completed an M.S. in chemical engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, focusing on adsorption technologies.