Team

About

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

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
Founder and former VP of Enlitic, developing deep learning algorithms for diagnostic medicine

Sean Walsh, PhD

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

Brantly Fulton, PhD

Entrepreneur-in-Residence at REMUS Capital
Patented a bulk scale synthesis for the dissolution of aluminum from aluminum oxide precursors
Expertise in nanomaterial design, synthesis, and characterization
PhD from the University of Oregon

Ryan Holtschneider

Computer Vision Researcher at Parsons
Developed machine learning models for test evaluation, hardware to model correlation and simulation enhancement 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

Advisors

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

Toby Sainsbury, PhD

Consultant, Future of Manufacturing

Interim Director of Future Manufacturing Ireland
Responsible for National Industry 4.0 Strategy
Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry

Aidin Fathalizadeh,PhD

Consultant, Materials

Managing scientist at Exponent
Co-Inventor of EPIC BNNT synthesis process
Holds multiple patents for BNNT materials and processes
BS, MS, and PhD in Physics, UC Berkeley

Boris Yakobson, PhD

Consultant, Materials and Simulation

Leading expert in BNNT and carbon nanotube research, particularly in theory and modeling of structure, kineticsm and properties
Professor of NanoEngineering at Rice University
Recipient of the DoE R&D Award
Recipient of the Nano 50 Award from Nanotech Briefs

Junaid Islam

30 years of experience in secure communications
Designed protocols, algorithms and architectures that have been incorporated into a broad range of commercial and national security systems
Research Fellow of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Co-Chair of the SDP Zero Trust Workgroup

Dan Peer, PhD

Vice President for Research and Development at Tel Aviv University
Chairman of the Board of Directors for Tel Aviv University Technology Transfer and Venures
Founder of SEPL Pharma
Expertise in cancer, bio-nanotechnology, drug delivery/targeting, RNA therapeutics, and vaccines

Michael Tanguay

Consultant And Advisor, Automation

VP of Automation and Systems Engineering at CreateMe
Extensive leadership experience with twenty years leading complex, multi-disciplinary, global teams to meet organizational, operational, sales, & project milestones resulting in ~$1B of revenue either supporting or working directly for the largest and most respected companies in the world.
Expertise in manufacturing automation, product development and organization building

Careers

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