People.
TEAM
Business & Operations.
We are a highly diligent team of dynamic self-starters with a diversity of strengths, skills, talents and insights that come together to solve incredibly complex problems. Our unified mission, is to put our varied skills together to solve humanitarian challenges by leading emerging technologies to the market as quickly and effectively as possible.
Our goal is to make an impact.
Frank Jao
Co-Founder, Chair, CEO
Notable Vietnamese American businessman and philanthropist. Emigrated with his wife and her small handbag to the USA aboard a C-130 with the help of the USAF during the Fall of Saigon. Appointed in 2005 as head of Vietnam Education Foundation. Trustee for multiple universities, founder of 50+ businesses.
Dr. Daniel G. Aldrich, III Ph.D.
Co-Founder
30+ years of Senior Administrative and Leadership experience in the University of California System including Vice Chancellor and U.C. Office of the President.
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TEAM
Research & Development.
We are delighted to be working with some of the best and brightest minds in the materials research world at the University of Limerick, under the guidance and direction of Prof. Dr. Michael Zaworotko, Ph.D. to collaboratively develop the solutions to 21st Century problems today.
Prof. Michael Zaworotko, Ph.D.
Scientific Principal Investigator
Top 1% globally-ranked scientist. Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering University of Limerick, Ireland. Member, Royal Irish Academy of Sciences, Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year, Co–Director of the Synthesis and Solid–State Pharmaceutical Center (sspc.ie), internationally–recognized world leader in MOF, crystal engineering & sorbent research with over 400 peer–reviewed publications, 44,738 citations, h–index of 94 and i–10–index of 356.
Dr. Victoria Gascon-Perez, Ph.D.
Water Sorption Team Lead
Award-winning Research Fellow Postdoctoral researcher specializing in Metal Organic Framework design, synthesis and intellecutal property development. Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, M.Sc Applied Chemistry, B.Eng Industrial Engineering, B.Sc Environmental Sciences.
Dr. Suresh Sanda, Ph.D.
Metal Organic Framework Design
Post-Doctoral Research Crystal Engineering Ph.D. Crystal Engineering, M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, M.Sc. Chemistry
Dr. Andrey Bezrukov, Ph.D.
Advanced Sorbent Identification & Modeling
Post-Doctoral Research Crystal Engineering, Ph.D. Chemistry, M.Sc. Chemistry

Dr. Debroto Sensharma, Ph.D.
Next-Generation Sorbent Development
Post-Doctoral Research Crystal Engineering, Ph.D. Crystal Engineering, P.G. Dip. Statistics, B.Sc. Chemistry

Dr. Shaza Darwish, Ph.D.
Scale-Up of Metal Organic Frameworks
Post-Doctoral Research Crystal Engineering Ph.D. Continuous Manufacturing Processes, M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, B.Sc. Chemistry

Dr. Varvara Nikolayenko, Ph.D.
Supramolecular Chemistry
Ph.D. Supramolecular Chemistry, M.Sc. Physical Chemistry, B.Sc. Chemistry, B.Sc. Chemistry & Chemical Technology