
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of Y-Carbon
Greater Philadelphia Area

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of Y-Carbon
Greater Philadelphia Area
Supercapacitors, Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Nanoporous Materials, Gas (Hydrogen, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Chlorine) Storage
(Nanotechnology industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MXWL; Nanotechnology industry)
January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Nanotechnology industry)
June 2006 — December 2006 (7 months)
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Nanotechnology industry)
September 2002 — June 2006 (3 years 10 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 1 month)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Glass, Ceramics & Concrete industry)
July 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 1 month)
MBA , Organization Management , 2003 — 2006
Ph.D. , Materials Science and Engineering , 2002 — 2006
BE , Ceramics , 1994 — 1998
Materials Research Society (MRS).
• TR35 Award, 2009.
• R&D 100 Award, 2009.
• Drexel University's Young Alumni Entrepreneur Award, 2009.
• Best Thesis, Carbon jounal for thesis submitted between 2004 and 2006 (Elsevier).
• Most Likely to Enhance Drexel's Reputation Award (Engineering and Physical Sciences), Drexel University, 2006
• First student at Drexel University to simuntaneously pursue Ph.D. and MBA.
• Jun 2005, Best Poster Award, 2005 Annual Meeting of North American Membrane Society (NAMS), Providence, RI.
• May 2005, Best Poster Award, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Quebec “Pore Structure Engineering in Carbons for Electrochemical Applications”.
• May 2005, Travel Grant to attend the 2005 Annual Meeting of North American Membrane Society (NAMS).
• Apr 2005, Best Poster Award, Research Day at Drexel University in the category “Business Research Initiatives".
• Oct 2004, Finalist (top 8), International Nanotechnology Business Idea Competition at Case Western University.