Epic accelerates innovation with AI / ML and customizes nanomaterials at scale with sustainability in mind

Disease targeting, and transportation for both data and people—through customized nanomaterial synthesis and commercial-scale adoption. Our talented, seasoned team of tech leaders and scientists are engineering a new era of AI-driven tools to optimize nanomaterial production, supporting environmental efficiency while significantly expediting both application and end-product integration across a wide range of industries.

Rodney Sappington, PhD

CEO

• 20 years experience as a senior data scientist and global machine learning executive
• Extensive technical and BD experience with QA for molecular manufacturing in emerging biotech
• Led AI development across 26 countries in consulting roles for pharma R&D
• Founding member and former VP of Enlitic, developing deep learning algorithms for diagnostic medicine

Sean Walsh, PhD

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

Ryan Holtschneider

Lead Data Scientist

• Researched applications of deep learning based Computer Vision to Radar at Parsons
• Developed machine learning models for test evaluation, hardware to model correlation and simulation enhancement for advanced manufacturing at Northrop Grumman
• Masters in Applied Mathematics from UMBC

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

Jack Roe

Business Development

• 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

Erika Brown, PhD

Lead Project Chemist

• 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

Kenny Mani

Head of Business Development

• 15+years of product management, business, research and development, innovation and leadership experience in the Semiconductors & Life Sciences industries
• Senior Director of R&D at ASM
• BS in Computer Science from Savitribai Phule Pune University, 1998

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,

Ruzanna Demirchyan

Social Media and Marketing Intern

• Business Management Major at Pepperdine
• Passionate about making a difference in the world through marketing impactful technologies

Alex Zettl, PhD

• 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

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