26th Annual Nanotechnology Conference and Expo 2023 | TechConnect | 19 June 2023 | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, National Harbor, MD 20745, USA

Program by sector:

• Advanced Materials
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Energy Innovation
• Sustainability Innovation
• Biotech & Medical
• Electronics & Microsystems
• AI Innovation
• Innovation & Business

2023 Speakers

Laila Abudour
Sr. R&D Engineer, General Mills

Kanakadurga "Durga" Addepalli
Program Director, Biomedical Informatics, National Cancer Institute

Josh Agar
Assistant Professor, Drexel University

Mounir Alafrangy
Commercial Innovation Manager and Technology Lead, International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory

Corinne Allen-Chu
Director, Energy and Environment, Clark Street Associates

Andrea Ambrosini
Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Thomas Anchordoquy
Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado

Caroline Anderson
Outreach Manager, Fusion Industry Association

Priscilla Antunez
Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Michael Arnold
Professor, University of Wisconsin

Amir Asadi
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Paul Ashby
Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lee Aucott
Manufacturing Lead for the STEP Program, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), United Kingdom

Wolfgang Bacsa
Professor, University of Toulouse, France

Saeed Bagheri
Technology Transfer Manager, University of Waterloo

Rich Baker
CEO, Integrity Integration

Nina Balke
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Amay J. Bandodkar
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Alexander Barbati
Senior Research Scientist, Desktop Metal

Tim Barckholtz
Senior Scientific Advisor, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co.

John Barnes
CEO, Founder, The Barnes Global Advisors

Sandip Basu
Product Marketing Manager, Zeiss Microscopy

Bill Bihlman
Founder, Aerolytics LLC

Eric Blatt
Intellectual Property Lawyer, Scale LLP

Ramon Borrell
CTO, Quantica Gmbh

Houssam Bouloussa
Co-founder, DeBogy Molecular, Inc

Justin Briggs
Co-founder, COO, Antora Energy

Branden Brough
Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO)

Daniel Brownstone
Partner, Fenwick

Zhiyong Cai
Project Leader, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Neil Cameron
Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Canada

Alf Carroll
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Black Belt, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS)

Alex Cartagena-Rivera
Investigator, National Institutes of Health

Susan Celis
Deputy SBIR/STTR Program Manager, OUSD, (R-E) Small Business and Technology Partnerships, U.S. Department of Defense

Sehoon Chang
Research Specialist, Aramco Americas

Eileen Chant
Outreach Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy

Ida Chen
Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Wei Ting Chen
Founder, SNOChip

Cindy Chin
CEO, Founder, CLC Advisors

Wonbong Choi
Professor, University of North Texas

Conrad Clyburn
CEO, MedForeSight

Jeannine M. Coburn
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Melinda Coffman
USDA SBIR/STTR Program Manager, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chris Collins
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, United States Air Force

Liam Collins
Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jonathan Cook
Senior Commercialization Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

Jason Cotrell
CEO, RCAM Technologies

Joe Cotruvo
Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Rodney Couick
Program Advisor, US General Services Administration Office of Assisted Acquisition Services

Amy D'Agostino
Program Manager, xTech, Army

Jiaqi Dai
CTO, InventWood

Saptarshi Das
Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

John David
Chief Technology Officer, BryceTech

Melik Demirel
Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Erik Denlinger
Co-Founder, Chief Engineer, PanOptimization LLC

Jaydeep Deshpande
Principal Open Innovation Engineer, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)

Andrew Detwiler
Group Leader, Eastman Chemical

Don DeVoe
Professor, University of Maryland

Ahmed Diallo
Program Director, ARPA-E

Edward Diehl
Commercialization Officer, Office of Research and Technical Applications (ORTA)/Medical Technology Transfer, United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)

Lisa Donnan
Operating Partner, Option3 LLC

Marla Dowell
Director, NIST

Tom Dower
Vice President Public Policy, LanzaTech

Rebecca Dylla-Spears
Deputy Chemistry Lead, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Philip Earp
Equipment Scientist - Materials Research Facility, UK Atomic Energy Authority

Chinwe Ekenna
Assistant Professor, University of Albany

Al Emondi
President and CEO, PionTier LLC

Joseph Epstein
Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology ( E&T), Lockheed Martin

Justin Fanelli
Chief Architect of Defense Medical Intelligence Data and the Technical Director, Naval Information Warfare Center

Stephanie Fertig
Program Lead, HHS/NIH

Lisa Friedersdorf
Assistant Director for Microelectronics, Materials, and Critical Minerals, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Slade Gardner
President, Big Metal Additive

Camille M Ginsburg
Deputy Director, Office of Accelerator R&D and Production, U.S. Department of Energy

Kyle Gluesenkamp
Senior R&D Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Terry Goss
Practice Leader, AECOM

Jacqueline Gray
SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Jim Greenwood
Founder, Greenwood Consulting Group

Patrick Grilli
Partner, Fenwick

Peter Grütter
Professor, McGill University

Xiaoting Gu
Senior Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Imre Gyuk
Director, Energy Storage Research, U.S. Department of Energy

Jan-Willem Handgraaf
Senior Technical Product Manager, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Greg Haugstad
Technical Staff Member & Director, Characterization Facility (CharFac), University of Minnesota

Elden Hawkes
Program Analyst, Office of Investment & Innovation

Heather Henry
Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

David Henshall
VP of Business Development, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)

Mark Higgins
President, North America & Chief Commercial Officer, Redflow

Jerry Hollister
Senior Principal Consultant, BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting

Ken Hsu
Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Alex Ivanenko
CEO, Hypoint

Nick Jackson
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bruna Jacobson
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

Edward Jameson
Managing Partner, Jameson & Company

Santa Jansone-Popova
R&D Scientist, Critical Materials Institute, Oak Ridge National Lab

Deep Jariwala
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

David Jassby
Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Yun Jin
Research Scientist, FiberLean

Jim Johnston
Professor, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Mandakini Kanungo
Senior Research Scientist, Corning, Inc.

David Kaplan
Professor, Tufts University

Bohumil Kasal
Institute Director, Fraunhofer WKI

Benjamin Kendrick
Gen. Engineer, Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA)

Alex Khan
CEO, ZebraKet, Ltd.

Mike Kiley
Commercialization Liaison, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO)

Jason Killgore
Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

R. Joseph Kline
Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

John P. Kopasz
Chemist/Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory

Jan Kośny
Research Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Piotr Kulczakowicz
Director, Quantum Startup Foundry

Brian LaCroix
CPA, Jameson & Company

Yuming Lai
Research Scientist, The Dow Chemical Company

Balsu Lakshmanan
CTO, Versogen

Dusty Lang
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Brett Lanier
President, Isosceles Pharmaceuticals

Eric Larson
Senior Engineer, Princeton University

Matthew Laudon
VP TechConnect, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

François Léonard
Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories

Heather Lewtas
Head of Innovation, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), United Kingdom

Qilin Li
Professor, Rice University

Genevieve Lind
SBIR Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Di-Jia Liu
Senior Chemist, Argonne National Laboratory

Lily Liu
Senior Scientist, BASF

Yujun Liu
Senior Research Scientist, Dow Chemical Company

Tom Lograsso
CMI Director, Ames National Laboratory

Daniel Lopez
Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Will Lovins
Technical Leader, AECOM

Arnold Lumsdaine
Fusion Engineering Group Leader, INFUSE Program Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Niall MacDowell
Professor, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Filippo Mangolini
Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin

Andrew Mannix
Assistant Professor, Stanford University

Tom Marshburn
Chief Medical Officer, Sierra Space

Jill Martin
Senior Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Cindy Matsuki
SBIR Manager, Innovate Hawaii

Corey McClelland
CRO, Qubitekk

Hutch McClendon
Business Consultant, Small Business Development Center of Louisiana

Kevin McComber
CEO, Spark Photonics

Jason McMullan
Hydrogen Technology Integrator, ExxonMobil

Joey Mead
Professor; Director of the Nanomanufacturing Center, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

David Medina Cruz
Co-founder, SynCell Biotechnology

Chris Menzel
Principal Scientist, Fujifilm Dimatix, Inc.

Edward Metz
SBIR Program Director, U.S. Department of Education

Brian Metzger
Senior Technology Manager, TechLink

Baoxiao Mi
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Junhong Min
Professor, Chung-Ang University, Korea

Sherri Monroe
Executive Director, Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association

Carie Mullins
Director of Analytics, BryceTech

Nurun Nahar
Program Specialist, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

Prakash D. Nallathamby
Associate Director of Research at the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, University of Notre Dame

Sean Nelan
Photonic Design Engineer, Spark Photonics

Christina Newcomb
SPM Lab Manager, Stanford University

Constanza Nieto
Co-Founder, CEO, Globaltech Bridge

Alex Norman
Executive Director, Princeton Institute of Materials

Kwang W. Oh
Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Dave Ojika
CEO, Flapmax

Obum Okabam
Associate Director, OK Catalyst

Sara Orski
Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Craig Owens
Corporate & Aeronautics Program Mgr, Small Business Innovation Research - SBIR, Lockheed Martin

Erick Page-Littleford
Program Analyst, Office of Investment & Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

Andriy Palasyuk
Research Scientist, Critical Materials Institute, Ames National Laboratory

Diego Pantano
Scientist, Total Energies

Clemente Parga
Lead Engineer, Zap Energy

Prad Parthiban
Founder, DeepTech

Simona Patange
Biologist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Chuck Paul
Corporate Venture and Mergers and Acquisitions, Henkel

Erik Pierstorff
Program Director, National Science Foundation

Jean-Mathieu Pin
Director of Research and Development, Polystyvert

Chris Pistorius
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Greg Pitner
Technical Manager, TSMC Corporate Research

Martin Poitzsch
Leader Reservoir Engineering Technologies Team, Aramco Americas

Juergen Polle
Scientific Advisor, MicroBio Engineering

Elena Polyakova
Founder, Graphene Laboratories, Inc.

Raveendran Pottathil
CTO, Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc. & BAM Agricultural Solutions, Inc.

Jack Pouchet
Vice President, Sales, Natron Energy

Carlos Quiroz-Arita
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Carol Rabke
Tech to Market (T2M) Advisor, U.S Department of Energy

Damodaran Raghu
Managing Partner, Kaleidoscope Energy

Bahram Rajabifar
Senior Research Scientist, 3M

Liz Ramsay Dalton
Co-Founder and Partner, Mission Strategies

YuanQiao Rao
Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Mahendran Reddy
Vice President, Fehrmann Tech, Germany

Terrell Reid
Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman

Bob Renner
SBIR Program Outreach Manager, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

April Richards
SBIR Program Manager, Environmental Protection Agency

Maureen (Moe) Rinkunas
Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, The Global Innovation Advisory

Ben Roberts
Program Examiner in the Commerce and Science/Space Branches, Special Assistant in the OMB Director's Office, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Lee Robinson
Head of Partnerships, Energy, Defense Innovation Unit

Jennifer Rocha
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, ATI, TechConnect Division

Ross Roley
Energy Innovation, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Bart Romanowicz
Vice President, TechConnect, ATI Division

Marty Ryan
Vice President, ATI Consortium for Rare Earth Technologies

Kaitlyn Sadtler
Investigator, NIH/NIBAB

Amin Salehi-Khojin
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago

Dan Sameoto
Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

Daniel Schmidt
Metrology Engineer, IBM Research

Alan Schwartzman
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Schweitzer
Senior Business and Technology Strategist / Advisor to the Technical Director, Falconwood, Inc. / Navy

David Scott
Senior Commercialization Manager, TechLink

Amarda Shehu
Professor, George Mason University

Harvey Shi
Assistant Professor, Western University

Maksim Shivokhin
Staff Engineer, ExxonMobil

Avi Shultz
Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Energy | Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office

Christopher Sims
Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Lydia Sohn
Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Chris Soles
Group Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Kenan Song
Professor, Arizona State University

Joseph Sopcisak
Technical Integration Officer, Manufacturing, Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

Quinn Spadola
Deputy Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO)

Andrew Speck
Principal Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research

Erik Spoerke
Energy Storage Materials Lead, Sandia National Laboratories

Chris Stafford
Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Paul Staszak
BDS Technology Strategy SBIR/STTR Focal, Boeing

Mike Stebbins
Vice President, Manufacturing & Threat Countermeasures Division, Advanced Technology International

Roy Stillwell
CEO, NearWave

Michael Strano
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Anirudha V. Sumant
Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

Dwight Swett
Petroleum Engineering Consultant, Aramco Research Centers

Whitney Tallarico
Partner, Silicon Valley Defense Group

Christopher Tassone
Materials Science Division Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and BOTTLE

Zohra Tejani
Partner, Fenwick

Halil Tekinalp
Assistant Professor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Grum Teklemariam
CTO, Co-Founder, gSpin Technologies LLC

Laurene Tetard
Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Jennifer Thabet
Program Manager, DARPA

Burt Thomas
Technical Portfolio Lead, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Jason Trelewicz
Associate Professor, Stony Brook University

Jason Tresback
Staff Scientist, Harvard University

Loucas Tsakalakos
Director Of Engineering, Coherent Corp.

Ryan Tung
Associate Professor, University of Nevada Reno

Puneet Tyagi
Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca

Rama Vasudevan
Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Shruti Venkatram
Materials Data Scientist, 3M

Eric Versluys
Director of Defense Programs, Fortify

Tomas Villalón
CTO, Co-Founder, Phoenix Tailings

Ryan Wagner
Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Hongjun Wang
Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology

Yeqing Wang
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University

Thomas J. Webster
Chief Scientific Advisor, Interstellar Therapeutics

Robert White
Associate Professor, Tufts University

Matthew Williams
Director, Rapid Innovation Fund, Department of Defense

William (Cy) Wilson
Electronics Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center

Joanne Wong
General Partner, REDDS Capital

Michael Wu
Principal, Converge Strategies

Yiliang Wu
Director of Technology and Innovation, Colltech North America

Weinan Xu
Assistant Professor, University of Akron

Dalia Yablon
Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World Innovation Conference

Namiko Yamamoto
Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

Justin Yang
Co-Founder, DMV Bio

Amandine Yu
Global Market Director, Colltech Group

Craig Yu
Associate Professor, George Mason University

Anthony Yuen
Consultant, McKinsey & Company

Helen Zha
Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Lei Zhang
Distinguished Research Associate, ExxonMobil

Yu Shrike Zhang
Professor, Harvard Medical School

Steven Zullo
Program Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering/NIH

2023 Sponsors and Partners

• Bruker
• erVa
• Fenwick
• Innventure
• Materic
• TechLink
• TechOpp Consulting
• Aws
• Arkema
• Bryce Tech
• Commonwealth Fusion Systems
• Create
• Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Dundee Precious Metals
• FLC
• Linde
• Lockheed Martin
• Medical CBRN Defense Consortium
• National Corngrowers Association
• Northrop Grumman
• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• Ames Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratoy
• Fermilab
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• hkpc
• Jefferson Lab
• Larta Institute
• Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center
• Mississippi State University
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Rowan University
• Office of Technology Licensing
• Research Commercialization
• US Department of Energy
• Frontiers
• SBIR | STTR
• SBA
• The Graphene Council
• P3 People Prosperity Planet
• Xtech
• Ati
• Rise Consortium