
Frank Abdi
Chief Scientist, CTO, AlphaSTAR Corporation

Ritesh Agarwal
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Becky Aistrup
Managing Partner, BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting

Anthony Aldrich
SBIR Program Manager, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

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

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

Dustin Banham
Senior Research Scientist, Ballard Power Systems, Canada

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

Christie Bell
Certified Licensing Professional(CLP), Montana Department of Commerce

Dhimiter Bello
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Andrea Belz
Vice Dean, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Brent Boyce
Director of Concept Development , Guardian Glass

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

Michael Brodeur
Associate Director, Strategic Business Development, United Technologies Research Center

Elizabeth Burton
Program Manager, CIEE (California Institute for Energy and Environment) , UC Berkeley

Ahmed Busnaina
Director, Center for High-rate Nano manufacturing, Northeastern University

Matt Carr
Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization

Dana Catron
Program Manager, New Mexico Federal and State Technology Partnership (NM FAST) program, New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center

Susan Celis
Program Director Small Business Programs Office, DARPA

Yogesh Singh Chauhan
Editor, IEEE Transactions; Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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

Manish Chhowalla
Professor & Associate Department Chair, Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University

Siau Ben Chiah
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Micro-/Nano-electronics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Zina Cinker
Executive Director, National Graphene Association

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

Joseph Cohn
Director for Advanced Development, U.S. Navy

Ronald A. Coutu
Professor and V. Clayton Lafferty Endowed Chair, Marquette University

Edmond Cretu
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Mark Davidson
Small Business Innovation and Technology Partnerships Office, California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mark E. Davis
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

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

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

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

Christopher Earl
Director of the Grants Department, Riverside Community College District

Michael Fancher
Director, New York State Center for Advance Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics, Associate Professor, SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Alex Fensore
Associate Director of Innovation, Sherwin Williams

Joe Fox
Director, Emerging & External Technologies, Ashland Performance Materials

Victor Frenkel
Associate Professor, Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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

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

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

Sudip Ghosh
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

James Gimzewski
Professor, Director Nano & Pico Characterization Lab, University of California, Los Angeles

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

Bahman Habibzadeh
Technology Manager, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, US Department of Energy

Chris Harrison
Habermann Chair and an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University

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

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

John Hinton
Branch Manager, DCAA, San Fernando Valley Branch Office

John Howard
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Michael Z. Hu
Sr. Research Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Sean Ireland
Vice President of Business Development, Fiberlean Technologies Ltd

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

Bjørn Petter Jelle
Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and, Chief Scientist, SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, Norway

Kane Jennings
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Ramesh Jha
Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Shaoyi Jiang
Boeing-Roundhill Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Binbin Jie
Department of Physics, Xiamen University, China

Ayana Johnson
Senior Director, Open/Innovation Business Development, Invista

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

Trevor Keel
Material Value, UK; Technical Director, Silver Institute, USA

Woo Soo Kim
Associate Professor, School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Simon Fraser University

Anton Köck
Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria

Matthias Koebel
Head Building Energy Materials and Components Laboratory, Empa, Switzerland

Bryan Koene
Director of Advanced Materials, Luna Innovations

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

Thomas Kostka
Senior Investment Manager, Henkel Ventures / Adhesive Technologies, Germany

Arun Kota
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University

Steve Koziol
Assistant Regional Director, Silicon Valley regional office, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Pragya Kushwaha
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley

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

Abraham (Abe) P. Lee
Editor-in-Chief, Lab on a Chip, William J. Link Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UC-Irvine

Sang-Young Lee
Professor, Head, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, Korea

W. Matthew Leevy
Professor, Director of Biological Imaging, University of Notre Dame

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

Carol Lewis
SBIR/STTR Technology Transition Lead, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

Ning Lu
Senior Engineer, IBM Systems

Matt Lucas
Associate Director for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration, Center for Carbon Removal

Stein Lundby
Lead, Corporate Technology Strategy Office, Qualcomm

Joe Lupia
Director Technical Innovations, BASF

Ning Ma
Staff Scientist, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

Eric MacDonald
Professor and Friedman Chair, Youngstown State University

Misty Madero
Industry Contracts Officer, University of California, Riverside (UCR) Office of Technology Partnerships

Marc Madou
Chancellor's Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Irvine

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

Gedi Mainelis
Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University

Jason Marsh
Director of Technology, NextFlex, America's Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute

Michael McComas
Director of External Innovation, BAE Systems Electronic Systems

Jeffrey R. McCutcheon
Al Geib Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut

Dave McEwan
SBIR Program Manager, Idaho Small Business Development Center

Chris McNeal
Senior Advisor for Strategy and Operations, Office of Innovation and Technology, SBA Office of Investment and Innovation

Jeff Meinhardt
Prototyping Lab Manager, Additive Development Center, GE Aviation

Carl Meinhart
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

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

Baoxia Mi
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Benjamin L. Miller
Professor, Academic Lead, AIM Photonics, University of Rochester Medical Center

Nathan Miller
National Ombudsman and Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Enforcement Fairness, Small Business Administration

Sven Mumme
Envelope Technology Manager Building Technologies Office, U.S Department of Energy

Prakash Nallathamby
Research Assistant Professor, Center for Nano Science and Technology, University of Notre Dame, US

Kim Nelson
VP Nanocellulose Technology, American Process Inc.

Israel Nery
Assistant District Director for Lender Relations - Los Angeles District Office, Small Business Administration

Israel Nery
Assistant District Director for Lender Relations, Small Business Administration (SBA), Los Angeles District Office

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

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

Jan-Steffen Niehaus
Head of Department Quantum Materials, Fraunhofer-Center for Applied Nanotechnology CAN, Germany

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

Rosibel Ochoa
Associate Vice Chancellor Technology Partnerships, University of California, Riverside

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

Aydogan Ozcan
Chancellor’s Professor, UCLA, HHMI Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Dinakar Panyam
Innovation Partnerships & Licensing Manager, Nestle, Switzerland

Joseph Paradiso
Director of the Responsive Environments Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Pascoe
Vice-President of Engineering and R&D, Magna International Inc.

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

Charles Paul
Vice President Technology, Henkel Ventures / Adhesive Technologies

Lian-Mao Peng
Director of the Center for Carbon based Nanoelectronics, Peking University, China

Ravi Pillai
Vice President, Cosmetic Ingredients Division, Symrise AG

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
Managing Director, Office of Technology Development, Boston University

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

Ujwal Radhakrishna
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Margaret Ramey
Outreach Manager , Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC), University of Wisconsin

Chris Raney
Division Head, Command and Control Technology and Experimentation, SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC

Mohan Rao
Senior Research Associate, INVISTA Performance Surfaces

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

Gabriel M. Rebeiz
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Jordan Reynolds
Deputy Operations Manager, SBIR/ STTR Program, Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

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

Jenna Rickus
Professor Of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University

Emily Riley
R&D Director of Breakthrough and Open Innovation, Energizer

Jennifer Rocha
Executive Director, Corporate, Federal & Defense Programs, TechConnect

Ross Roley
Energy Innovation Lead, US Pacific Command-PACOM

Robert Ryan
Chief Executive Officer, President, Twining, Inc.

Fernando Sanchez-Riera
Sr. Director Fermentation Process Development, REG Life Sciences, Renewable Energy Group

Ajit Sapre
Group President R&T, Reliance Industries Ltd

Chris Sasiela
Regulatory Specialist, National Heart Lung Blood Institute/NIH

Elke Scholten
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Maggie Scully
Scientist I, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

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

John Sharon
Staff Scientist, Advanced Materials Group, United Technologies Research Center

Rick Shie
Chief Strategic Officer & Senior VP, Physical Optics Corporation

Ruth Shuman
Program Director for Biological Technologies, NSF SBIR/STTR

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

David S Simmons
Assistant Professor of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron

Harjit Singh
Senior Lecturer, Brunel University London, United Kingdom

Rajiv Singh
Director, Technology Identification & Acquisition, SABIC Ventures

David Sinton
Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto, Canada

Chris Skinner
Director Front End Innovation, Owens Corning, Belgium

Paul Smith
Economic Development Specialist & District International Trade Officer, Small Business Administration

Robert Smith
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Navy and DOD Rapid Innovation Fund

H. Tom Soh
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Radiology, Stanford University

Mike Sovacool
Economic Development Specialist, Small Business Administration - San Diego

Michael Spaid
Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer, Cambrios Advanced Materials Corporation

Jennifer Stewart
Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) Representative, Naval Surface Warfare Center

Brian Suh
Director of Technology Commercialization, University of California, Riverside (UCR) Office of Technology Partnerships

Frank Szoka
Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, ZoneOne Pharma

Rich Terrile
Science Mission Directorate Liaison for the NASA SBIR Program, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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

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

Hasan Uludag
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Canada

Vuk Uskokovic
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, College of Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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

Bill Waldo
Senior Business Consultant, TRITECH Small Business Development Center

Donnell Walton
Director, Corning Technology Center Silicon Valley, Corning Research & Development Corporation

Andrew Wang
President, Alpha Biobeads, LLC, President, Ocean NanoTech, LLC

Wei Wang
Research Science Specialist, Aramco Research Center - Boston

James Wasson
Founder and President , Growth Strategies International, LLC

Jason Weiss
Miles Lowell and Margaret Watt Edwards Distinguished Chair in Engineering, Oregon State University

Lloyd Whitman
Principal Assistant Director, Physical Sciences and Engineering, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Jun Yang
Professor, Director of WIN 4.0, The University of Western Ontario, Canada

Jenny Zhen Yu
ssistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Yanyun Zhao
Professor of Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University

Chongwu Zhou
Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California (USC)

Xing Zhou
Professor, Nanyang Technological University

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