Team
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Glenn Judd
Chief Officer of Operations
- Background in Chemical Engineering with an impressive 33 years of industrial experience spanning biotech, photographic materials, nanotech, personal care ingredients and finished goods.
- Excelled in various roles in Research & Development, Engineering, and Operations.
- In the last 12 years, he has served as a corporate officer, demonstrating his commitment to driving operational excellence and strategic growth.
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Jack Roe
General Manager
- Licensing, technology transfer, and commercialization experience across range of technologies.
- Business development, planning, and execution.
- BS, Boston College. Computer Science. MBA, The Wharton School , University of Pennsylvania.
Marie Phelps
Head of Operations and Finance
- Lead a merger of two tech companies.
- Focused on building the foundation for scalability and provide financial accountability for our investors.
- Interests include travel and spending time with large extended family.
Dr.Saber Naserifar
Senior Computational Research Scientist
- 13 years of research experience using computational and data driven methods in material science resulting in 24 publications, 16 conference presentations and 8 invited talks.
- Established strategies to combine artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and computational molecular science to produce fuels from sunlight for a $60 million Department of Energy project.
- Ph.D in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from University of Southern California.
Dr.Sean Walsh
Lead Research Chemist
- Application development and laboratory management.
- Product Development Scientist for Lumadyne developing control and data collection system for lab-scale scientific instrumentation.
- Created and patented an adhesive conversion coating for aluminum metal.
- B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame , Ph.D. in Chemistry from Rice University.
Dr. Jerome Palaganas
Lead Automation and Process Engineer
- Over 29 years of engineering management experience spanning R&D, NPI, process engineering, and technical program management in high-tech manufacturing.
- Extensive experience commercializing deep-tech and advanced materials (nanotechnology and additive manufacturing).
- PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (with major in Advanced Polymer and Additive Manufacturing) and BS Electronics & Communications Engineering from Mapua University. DBA and MBA from De La Salle University.
- Authored at least 6 peer-reviewed journal publications concentrated within advanced polymer, nanotechnology and additive manufacturing fields.
Dr.Erika Brown
Lead Project Engineer
- Served as Principal Investigator and Program Manager for rapid development and long term research partnerships with the DoD, DOE and private partners.
- Multiple publications and patents on novel materials.
- Ph.D in Chemical Engineering in 2016 from the Colorado School of Mines.
Dr. Tannaz Tayyarian
Automation Engineer
- Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Materials Science from The Catholic University of America.
- Lab Manager and Postdoctoral Fellow at The Catholic University of America's Intelligent Materials Lab in Washington, DC.
- Professional Graduate Certificate in Additive Manufacturing.
Evan Gurnick
Full Stack Engineer
- 5 years of experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Web Development.
- Research in computational chemistry performing quantum mechanical computations to search for catalysts to convert natural gas into useful chemicals.
- BS in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
David Chaparro
Automation Engineer
- Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering at Cal State Long Beach.
- Recent work in Butane Gas Production via distillation of desalted crude oil.
Adriana Fish
Operations Coordinator
- BA in Pure Mathematics and Math Education from Sonoma State University.
In Progress: MS in Mathematics from CSU Channel Islands. - Research in Algebraic Geometry and Math Education support for first-generation college students.
- Current research in Data Science and Machine Learning.
Advisors
Dr.Alex Zettl
LBNL Senior Scientist
- First to theorize BNNT in 1994
- Professor of physics at UC Berkeley
- Senior Scientist at LBNL
- R&D 100 Award winner
- LBNL Outstanding Performance Award winner
- Fellow of American Physical Society
Dr. Aidin Fathalizadeh
Co-Inventor of the EPIC process
- Co-Inventor of EPIC BNNT synthesis process
- Managing scientist at Exponent
- Holds multiple patents for BNNT materials and processes
- BS, MS, and PhD in Physics, UC Berkeley
Dr. Toby Sainsbury
Director of Future Manufacturing Ireland
- Interim Director of Future Manufacturing Ireland
- Responsible for National Industry 4.0 Strategy
- Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry
