TRANSATLANTIC SCIENCE OFFERS A DEEP TALENT POOL
Mark Vreeke, PhD
Dr. Mark Vreeke specializes in matching customer needs with technical capabilities to create new business opportunities.
Mark is a medical device and diagnostic expert with 100 issued US patents that have been exploited on products which have generated over $20B in revenue.
Mark also has a track record in the energy industry. As a classically trained Electrochemist, he demonstrated on the first glucose fuel cell. In the energy transportation sector he launched the Navigates and Messenger pipeline management systems.
Mark holds both a BS and PhD in Chemistry. He won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and Welch Fellowship. He was granted the title of Full Professor from the Spanish government.
DC Palter
DC Palter is a serial entrepreneur with two successful exits. He started his career as a research engineer at GM, Honeywell, and Kobe Steel before becoming a startup leader. He holds degrees in energy engineering, energy policy, technology marketing, and creative writing.
DC is the top writer on Medium for startups and entrepreneurship. He is also the award-winning author of the Silicon Valley mystery novel, To Kill a Unicorn.
Art Koral, PE
Art Koral is an industrial automation expert
20 Years in the Medical Device Industry
Commercial Pilot. ERJ, 737, 767
Atul Dhall, PhD
Dr. Atul Dhall specializes in microfluidics and additive manufacturing/3D printing for biomedical applications.
Atul has over 12 years of experience leading and contributing to interdisciplinary projects across academia, medical device and pharmaceutical industries. These projects involved biomaterials, medical devices, biosensors, computational fluid dynamics, cell biology and enzyme kinetics. He also has extensive experience in grant writing to obtain seed funding for projects via various mechanisms.
Additionally, he has worked as a technical scout for biotech clients to determine competitive landscapes for potential M&A activity.
Atul completed his PhD in Nanoscale Engineering from SUNY CNSE followed by postdoctoral training from the University of Pennsylvania.
Adam Closson, PhD
Dr. Adam Closson obtained his doctorate in organic chemistry from UCSD in 2002. This was followed by a postdoc in synthetic methodology at Stockholm University from 2002-2004. Adam was then an American Society for Engineering Education fellow from 2004-2005 with Dr. David Irwin at Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, for a project developing novel conducting polymers. This was followed by 17 years in the Fragrance division at International Flavors and Fragrances, where he worked with every aspect of fragrance ingredient production. This included synthesis from lab scale to kilo scale, process development, and process transfer. Adam also worked as a tech scout via membership in the Chemical Angel Network, identifying new technologies with potential to aid IFF's business operations. Adam's experience in the specialty chemical world can help you to source, scale, or introduce your product.
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Michael Challenor, PhD
Dr Michael Challenor BSc Hons PhD MRRACI CChem,is an experienced Founding Executive, entrepreneur and chemical, materials and medical science researcher, with a proven ability to lead organizations, projects and teams in a start-up, university and industry consulting settings.
Dr Challenor is an honorary research fellow of the University of Western Australia, a mentor of other start-ups in the community and is excited to work with and advise new clients in the Materials Science, Medtech and Biotech sectors.
Pax Sreekantan, PhD
Dr. Pax Sreekantan is an expert in enterprise software and applications development.
Quantitative Finance expert
Founder at Intentional Machines
