Kari Dalnoki-Veress
Co-founder
Kari has a PhD in physics from the University of Guelph. He is a professor at McMaster University and adjunct professor at the ESPCI in Paris. More information about Kari and his research can be found here.
Founders
Paul Fowler
Co-founder
Paul has a BSc and MSc in physics from McMaster University. He has held research and teaching positions at McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute of Dynamics and Self-Organization. Prior to co-founding MesoMat, Paul helped lead R&D at the YCombinator backed Validere Technologies Inc.
Sukhbir Kalirai
Co-founder
Sukhbir is an entrepreneur with a passion for solving complex industry problems. Previously, he was instrumental in developing the Tim Hortons brand internationally and building a new, profitable business for one of China’s leading hedge funds. Sukhbir has also built a leading Canadian political training incubator and Angola’s first online retailer, EK-TAO.
Team
Clare Armstrong
Head of R&D
Clare has a PhD in physics from McMaster University. She has experience in numerous areas of applied physics including optics, neutron scattering, membrane biophysics, and electrokinetics. Before joining the MesoMat team, Clare was the Manager of Research and Technology Development at ElectroKinetic Solutions.
Élie Raphaël
Scientific Partner
Élie has a PhD in physics from the Collège de France. He is a CNRS director of research and professor at the ESPCI in Paris. More about Élie and his research can be found here.
Thomas Salez
Scientific Partner
Thomas has a PhD in physics from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He is a CNRS research associate at the University of Bordeaux, as well as an assistant professor at Hokkaido University in Japan. More about Thomas and his research can be found here.
Jeff de Vlugt
Product Development
Jeff is a materials scientist with an MSc in physics from the University of Guelph. Jeff is responsible for optimizing the material characteristics and sensing performance of MesoMat’s fibers.
Caitlin Smyth
Product Development
Caitlin is responsible for the production, testing and characterization that enables MesoMat to provide highly customized solutions.
Alexander Dingwall
Software & Electronics
Alexander is involved in developing the electronics systems that control MesoMat’s sensing solutions and the software methods which process signals into meaningful data outputs.
Duncan Clackdoyle
Software & Electronics
Duncan is involved in developing the electronics systems that control MesoMat’s sensing solutions and the software methods which process signals into meaningful data outputs.
Scientific Advisors
John Dutcher
Physics of soft matter, biophysics, nanobiomaterials, nanotechnology, biotechnology, technology transfer
John Dutcher received a PhD in physics from Simon Fraser University and is currently a professor at the University of Guelph. He is the Senior Canada Research Chair in Soft Matter & Biological Physics and serves as Director of the Nanoscience Program at Guelph. Dutcher is co-founder of the Guelph based company Mirexus Biotechnologies Inc.
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo
Chemical engineering, nanotechnology, materials science, plastic electronics, plastic solar cells, smart windows
Lynn Loo received a PhD in chemical engineering from Princeton University and was a postdoctoral researcher at Bell Laboratories before joining the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin. Loo returned to Princeton, where she is currently the Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Engineering and serves as the Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
Didier Roux
Physical chemistry, soft-condensed matter, nanotechnology, research and development, business management
Didier Roux received his PhD in chemistry and physics at the École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud and joined the CNRS. Roux has participated in the creation of many start-ups, directed the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, was deputy scientific director of the chemical company Rhone Poulenc, member of Rhodia’s scientific and technological council, and the Vice President of Research and Development at Saint- Gobain.
David A. Weitz
Physics of soft matter, biophysics, microfluidics, technology transfer, biotechnology
David A. Weitz received his PhD in physics from Harvard. He worked at Exxon Research and Engineering and then became a Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, eventually moving to Harvard as the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics. Weitz serves as Co-Director of the BASF Advanced Research Initiative. Many technologies have been developed in his laboratory and Weitz is co-founder of over 20 start-up companies.
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