Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Kirill Gichunts, CEO & Director
Business and Economics at UC Berkeley
Advised Microsoft, Managing Partner at EastOne VC division (over 15 VC investments), Semi-finalist at Cleantech Open, KBC Securities, Raiffeisen/Lazard, Deloitte, Hilspen Capital Management, Global Asset Capital
Forbes Business Council, Author of 3 scientific publications, completed IPO which received an award and helped achieve 2 exits.
Led breakthrough research in novel nanotechnology and chemistry which resulted in scientific discoveries
Jacek Jasinski, Ph.D. , Nanotechnology Scientist
M.S. in Solid State Physics and Ph.D. in Physics of Semiconductors
Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Chief Scientist at Institute for Advanced Materials and Renewable Energy, Conn Center for Renewable Energy
Author of over 240 scientific publications, won 3+ awards for scientific research and academic excellence
Editor of Chem Engineering, reviewer for Applied Physics Letters, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Catalysis Today, Small Methods, and as a proposal reviewer for the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yaroslav Bereznitskiy, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical and Nanotechnology Engineer
M.S. Chemistry and Ph.D. Candidate in Advanced Chemical Fuel Technologies; author of 10 scientific publications
Developed advanced nanotechnology using novel chemical engineering
Tim Rose, Ph.D., Automotive Scientist
BEng Materials Engineering, Honors, Ph.D. in Engineering (Surface Science).
Engineering Scientist at British Gas, Research Scientist in Novel Fuels for Transport.
Taking materials science and surface chemistry into the production of renewable, bio, and enhanced liquid fuels
Roman Tarasov, Ph.D. candidate, Chemical Engineer
M.S. Environmental Science and Chemistry, Ph.D. Computer Science
Author of 25+ scientific publications
First place winner in ecological hackathon and winner of scientific competition in two scientific fields: "environmental biotechnology" and "computer science"
Engaged in chemical engineering since 2013