The Experts Pushing the Envelope: Alojz Kajinic, PhD, Principal Alloy Development Engineer

Boston Metal is bringing specialists to the table to overcome challenges and pioneer innovation. Our team is made up of world-class scientists and metals industry veterans with deep technical expertise in metallurgy, electrochemistry, materials science, process engineering, systems modeling, thermodynamics and more. Get to know Alojz Kajinic, an innovator at Boston Metal who specializes in alloy development. 

Alojz is an expert in alloy development, process metallurgy and computational thermodynamics and thermochemistry. Metals and advanced alloys quite literally underpin modern civilization. From jet engines and rockets to electric vehicles, metallurgy is quietly everywhere – and that’s what makes it endlessly fascinating for Alojz.

His initial interest in metallurgical engineering came from its highly practical nature – it sits at the crossroads of high-temperature inorganic chemistry, physics, thermodynamics and mathematics. Starting his journey at the University of Sarajevo, Alojz earned a degree in metallurgical engineering and continued onto physical metallurgy with a PhD from the Technical University of Denmark, later adding an MBA in Finance from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

“Boston Metal isn’t just experimenting and tinkering with engineering, we’re actively engineering a cleaner, more sustainable metals industry through high-temperature electrochemistry.”

At Boston Metal, Alojz is focused on the development of advanced chromium-based alloys for Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) applications. He is helping to push the boundaries on materials that can survive the extreme electrochemical environments of MOE at ultra-high temperatures while staying cost-effective and manufacturable. This work is central to scaling our technology while ensuring durability and performance. 

Here’s how Alojz views his work:

What motivates you to continue pushing the envelope in your field?

The periodic table never runs out of surprises. I enjoy solving real-world problems with a mix of theory, computational modeling and occasionally, caffeine-fueled creativity. There’s also a certain thrill in taking a crazy alloy idea from a napkin sketch to an alloy that survives 1600°C and lives to tell the tale.

What do you enjoy most about your current role and the impact you have?

I love working at the intersection of deep technical knowledge and bold industrial goals. Boston Metal isn’t just experimenting and tinkering with engineering, we’re actively engineering a cleaner, more sustainable metals industry through high-temperature electrochemistry.

What’s particularly exciting is that the expertise we’re building in MOE goes beyond steel – we’re laying the groundwork for a broader metallurgical revolution, one electron at a time. That kind of impact – connecting materials science to the future of multiple industries – is what keeps things exciting.

If you were to describe the importance of the work you do, what would you say?

We’re designing alloys and electrochemical processes that make cleaner, low-emission metals production possible, proving that metallurgy isn’t just about melting metals, but also about moving the world forward (preferably without polluting and melting the planet in the process).

Learn more about the historic commissioning run of our multi-inert anode industrial demonstrator MOE green steel cell, made possible by the hard work of committed team members like Alojz.