
Samuel Achilefu
Director, Optical Radiology Laboratory, Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Endowed Chair in Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Harald Ade
Professor, Physics Department, North Carolina State University

Leandre Adifon
Vice President, Enterprise Systems Engineering & Advanced Technology, Ingersoll Rand

Alex Adronov
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Canada

Becky Aistrup
Managing Partner, BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting

Daniel L. Alge
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Mansoor M. Amiji
Distinguished Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Co-Director, Nanomedicine Education & Research Consortium, Northeastern University

Samiul Amin
Assistant Vice-President of Open Research, L'Oréal

Thomas Anchordoquy
Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado School of Pharmacy

Daniel J. Barta
Project Manager, Next Generation Life Support, NASA Johnson Space Center

Rick Barto
Senior Manager MPACT - Materials, Physics, and Computational Technologies, Lockheed Martin, US

Carl Bauer
Senior Fellow, Artis International, Board Member, University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources

Paolo Bavaj
Head of Corporate Venturing, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Germany

Tony Beck
Program Director, Center for Research Capacity, NIH

Andy Behr
Product and Business Development Manager, Panasonic Electronic Materials Division

Heather Benko
Senior Manager of Nanotechnology Standardization Activities, American National Standards Institute

Gary Benninger
Technology Entrepreneur, Corporate Engineering and R&D, Magna International Inc.

Massimo F Bertino
Professor of Physics and Associate, Director of the Nanocharacterization Core Facility, Virginia Commonwealth University

Harish Bhaskaran
Professor, Oxford University Co-Founder/Chief Scientific Officer,, Bodle Technologies Limited, United Kingdom

Andrea Bianco
Energy Storage - Batteries, E.ON Climate & Renewables North America

Eric Blatt
Attorney, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Lenore Blum
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Alexis Bonnell
Division Chief: Applied Innovation and Acceleration, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID

Michelle Bradbury
Associate Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Elucida Oncology, Inc

Vincent F. Bralts
Professor Of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University

Oliver Brand
Executive Director, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Sara Brenner
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience, SUNY Poly

Elizabeth Burton
Program Manager, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI)

Linyou Cao
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University

Qing Cao
Research Scientist: Materials Science/Nanotechnology, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Robert Carpick
Chair, Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, The University of Pennsylvania

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

Fiona Case
Technical Program Chair, TechConnect; Nano Science and Technology Institute

Joe Cassady
Executive Director for Space, Washington Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne

Etosha Cave
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Opus 12

Robert Celotta
Director, NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology

Sage Chandler
Vice President, International Trade, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)

Amber Chaudhry
Presidential Management Fellow, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

Bruno Chaudret
Director of Research, CNRS, Professor, Toulouse University, France

Hongda Chen
National Program Leader, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ray Chen
Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Founder & CTO, Omega Optics Inc.

Frank Cheng
Professor of Materials Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada

Chang-Hwan Choi
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

Aram Chung
Assistant Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Mary Clague
SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mark Clark
Global Director of New Technology, Michelman

Charles Cleland
National Program Leader, SBIR, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ronald A. Coutu
Professor and V. Clayton Lafferty Endowed Chair, Marquette University Adjunct Professor, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Taraka Dale
Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Philip Demokritou
Director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard School of Public Health

Shanta Dhar
Assistant Director of Technology and Innovation, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Associate Professor, University of Miami

Thomas Diamond
Vice President of Environmental, Safety, & Health, SUNY Colleges of Nanoscale Science & Engineering

Scott Dockum
Program Coordinator, SBIR, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Richard Dolbec
Program Director - Emerging Technologies, Tekna Plasma Systems, Inc., Canada

Elizabeth Dougherty
Director of Inventor Education, Outreach, and Recognition Office of Innovation Development, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Roger England
Director - Materials Science & Technology; Advanced Manufacturing; Intellectual Property, Cummins, Inc.

Rich Erb
Executive Director, Smart Cities Innovation Summit, TechConnect

Agata Exner
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Dorothy F. Farrell
Program Director, Office of Cancer Nanotechnology Research, National Cancer Institute

Barry Febos
Biofuels Research Assistant, Appalachian State University

Mauro Ferrari
Chair, President, CEO, Houston Methodist Research Institute

Mark Florh
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program Manager, DTRA

Bobby Franklin
President & CEO, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)

Cy Fujimoto
Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Vince Garcia
Program Manager, NOAA, Department of Commerce (DoC)

Dariusz Gawin
Professor of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Lodz, Poland

Chuck Geraci
Associate Director, Nanotechnology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Hamid Ghandehari
Professor, Director of Utah Center for Nanomedicine, University of Utah

Nathan Gianneschi
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

Brian Green
Executive Director, Washington Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne

David Gundlach
Project Leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Sanjay Gupta
Vice President & Regional Head, Evonik Corporation

Murat Guvendiren
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Imre Gyuk
Program Manager, Energy Storage Research, U.S. Department of Energy

Jonathan Hartman
Disruptive Technologies Lead, Sikorsky Innovations, a Lockheed Martin company

David Hatrick
Vice President, Innovation, Huntsman Advanced Materials

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

Anne Healy
Lead, Development Innovation Ventures (DIV), U.S. Agency for International Development’s Global Development Lab

Mark Hersam
Professor, Director, Northwestern University Materials Research Center

Wayne Hiebert
Group Leader and Program Coordinator – Nanoenabled Sensors, National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), Canada

John Howard
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Sally Hu
CAPT U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), Defense Health Agency (DHA), SBIR/STTR

Sean Ireland
Vice President of Business Development, Fiberlean Technologies Ltd

Srinivas Iyer
Group Leader, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ed Jameson
CPA, Managing Partner, Jameson & Company LLC

Kane Jennings
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University

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

Steve Jons
Principal Research Scientist, Dow Water & Process Solutions

Pooran C. Joshi
Senior Scientist, Materials Processing and Manufacturing Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tina Kaarsberg
Manager of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR), DOE¹s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Anupama B Kaul
AT&T Distinguished Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso

Emma Kendrick
Reader, Electrochemical Energy Materials, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Byong Kim
Applications Group Director, Park Systems

John Kim
SBIR/STTR Program Manager and NIH Extramural Data Sharing Policy Officer, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Sherry Kobus
Small Business Program Manager, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

Nikhil A. Koratkar
John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jan Kosny
Director, Building Enclosures and Materials, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems

Manish Kumar
Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

James Kushmerick
Deputy Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), National Institute of Standards and Technology

Kock-Yee Law
Founder and CEO, Research and Innovative Solutions

Byeongdu Lee
Physicist, Chemical and Materials Science, Argonne National Laboratory

Julie Lenzer
Associate Vice President, Innovation and Economic Development, UM Ventures

Martin E. Leser
Expert in Colloid & Interface Science, Nestlé Research Center Lausanne, Switzerland

Laurent Levy
President and Chief Executive Officer, Nanobiotix SA

Qilin Li
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

Ying-Cheng Lo
Vice President, Global Technology Innovation, Baxter Healthcare

C. Rebecca Locker
Research Associate, Corporate Strategic Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co

Kenneth J. Loh
Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego

Ning Ma
Staff Scientist, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Jon Magnuson
Small Business Innovative Research Technology Lead at Boeing Phantom Works, Boeing

Brian Makowski
Polymer Innovation Manager, The Sherwin-Williams Company

Patrick Malenfant
Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, Canada

Albine Martin
Executive in Residence, Johns Hopkins University and BioHealth Innovation

Ben McCool
Advanced Research Associate, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Chris McNeal
Presidential Management Fellow, SBA Office of Investment and Innovation

Rachel Melnick
National Program Leader for Agroclimatology, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

Ed Metz
Program Manager SBIR, U.S. Department of Education

Meyya Meyyappan
Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology at the Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center

Daniel Milstead
Chief, Indirect Cost Branch B, Division of Financial Advisory Services, NIH

Ahmed Mousa
Vice President Licensing, IP & Legal Affairs, Pieris Pharmaceuticals

Jane Muir
Director Innovation Hub, University of Florida

World L-S Nieh
Forest Products National Program Lead, U.S. Forest Service

Jan-Steffen Niehaus
Head of Department Particle Production, CAN Center for Applied Nanotechnology, Hamburg, Germany

Joe Noto
Graduate Student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Chris O'Gwin
Manager, SBIR/STTR Outreach and Assistance, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR/STTR

Kwang W. Oh
Associate Professor, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Manny Oliver
Director, SBIR/STTR Program Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Craig Owens
Program Manger, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Lockheed Martin

Kaushal Patel
Director for Technology Partnerships, LG Technology Center of America

Vikas Patnaik
Director, Modeling & Simulation Network of Excellence, & Chief Engineer, Networks of Excellence, Ingersoll Rand

Anil Patri
Director, NCTR/ORA NanoCore, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Donald R. Paul
Sr. Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Karsten Pinkwart
Professor, University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Deputy Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, Germany

Martin E. Poitzsch
Team Leader, Reservoir Engineering Technology, Aramco Research Center – Boston

Larry Pollack
Joint Science & Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD), Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Matthew Portnoy
NIH SBIR/STTR Program Manager, National Institutes of Health

Michael Pratt
Interim Managing Director, Office of Technology Development, Boston University

Roger Proksch
President, Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments Company

John Pucci
SBIR Manager, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Ellen Purdy
Director, Emerging Capabilities & Prototyping Initiatives & Analysis, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering)

B.L. Ramakrishna
Director, Grand Challenges Scholars Program Network, National Academy of Engineering

David Rampulla
Program Director, Division of Discovery Science & Technology, U.S. National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

James F Ranville
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines

G. Nagesh Rao
Chief Technologist & Entrepreneur in Residence, U.S. Small Business Administration

Steve Ready
Member of the Research Staff, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Riley Reese
Innovation Program Manager, 3D Printing Medical & Pharma, TNO

Michael Renn
CTO and Director of Advanced Applications Lab, Optomec, Inc.

Shannon Rhoten
Presidential Management Fellow (PMF), Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

April Richards
Program Manager, SBIR, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Jenna Rickus
Professor Of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University

Emily Riley
Director of Open Innovation and Emerging Technology, Energizer

Joshua A. Robinson
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Puja Sapra
Senior Director, Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer

Karma Sawyer
Program manager for Emerging Technologies, Building Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Michelle Schimpp
Deputy Associate Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Konomi G. Scott
Director of Business Development Corporate Engineering and R&D, Manga International Inc.

Brent M Segal
Director of Research Science and Chief Technologist, Lockheed Martin

Philippe Serp
Professor, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS, Institute National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France

Joseph Shepard
Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, SBA

Jennifer Shieh
Chief Scientist and Senior Technology Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Investment and Innovation

Sujai Shivakumar
Senior Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Nitin Shukla
Senior Technical Staff, Building Enclosures and Materials Group, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston

Brittany Sickler
Outreach and Partnership Strategist, U.S. Small Business Administration

David Sikora
Acting DoD SBIR/STTR Program Administrator, Department of Defense

Ian Simmons
VP, Business Development, Corporate Engineering and R&D, Magna International Inc.

John Sirman
Director - Emerging and External Technologies, Praxair Inc.

Chris Skinner
Director Front End Innovation, Owens Corning, Belgium

Jesus Soriano
SBIR/STTR Director for Biomedical and Smart Health Technologies, NSF

Vicki Stone
Professor of Toxicology, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ellen Y. Sun
Advanced Materials Group, United Technologies Research Center (UTRC)

Sally Tinkle
Senior Strategy and Policy Advisor, IDA/Science and Technology Policy Institute

Damon Tull
Director of Fellowships and Research Opportunities, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Mark Tuominen
Professor of Physics, UMass Amherst, Director, National Nanomanufacturing Network

Scott Twary
Research Scientist and Team Leader, Biome and Bioenergy Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Cathy Tway
R&D Director, Inorganic Materials and Heterogeneous Catalysis, The Dow Chemical Company

Janeen Uzzell
Global Director of Operations, GE Global Research (GEGR) External Affairs and Technology Programs (EATP)

Krassimir Velikov
Program Director at NanoNextNL, Science Leader at Unilever, Netherlands

Corinne Vinopol
President and CEO, Institute for Disabilities Research and Training, Inc. (IDRT)

Robert Vinson
Program Manager, SBIR, National Institutes of Health

Nathalie Virag
Senior Principal Scientist, Corporate Science, Technology and Clinical Affairs, Medtronic, Switzerland

Hruta Virkar
Director, Division of Financial Advisory Services, NIH

Armin Völkel
Senior Scientist & Principal Investigator, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Ryan Wagner
Mechanical Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Canhui Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher, CNST/UMD, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Jeff Tza-Huei Wang
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University

Merideth West
Deputy Staff Director, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Congress

John Williams
Director of Innovation & Technology, SBA, Office of Investment & Innovation

Kristy Wood
Director, Non-Viral Delivery, Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.

Keith Woodman
SBIR lead for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations and its Space Technology Mission Directorates, NASA

Song Xu
Sr. Application Scientist, Keysight Technologies

James Zahler
Solar Generation and Data Communications Technologies, ARPA-E, U.S. Department of Energy

Xing Zhou
Professor, Nanyang Technological University

Gregory R. Ziegler
Professor of Food Science, Penn State University, Co Founder, Persea Naturals LLC

Steven Zullo
Program Officer, Extramural Science Program, OPESP, NIBIB/NIH

Lei Zuo
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech