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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Nanotechnology space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Clive G. Brown
Directorships of Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Clive is Chief Technology Officer at Oxford Nanopore. On the Executive team, he is responsible for all of the Company’s product development activities. Clive leads the specification and design of the Company’s nanopore based sensing platform, including strand DNA/RNA sequencing and protein sensing applications with a strong focus on scientific excellence and successful adoption by the scientific community. Clive joined Oxford Nanopore from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Cambridge, UK) where he played a key role in the adoption and exploitation of ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing platforms. This involved helping to set up the world’s largest single installation of Illumina (formerly Solexa) Genome Analyzers in a production sequencing environment, initially used to pioneer the 1000 genomes project. From early 2003 he was Director of Computational Biology & IT at Solexa Ltd, where he was central to the development and commercialisation of the Genome Analyzer (GA). Solexa was sold to Illumina for $650M in early 2007 after the successful placement and adoption of 12 instruments. The Solexa technology, now commercialised by Illumina, is the market leading DNA sequencing technology driving the renaissance in DNA based discovery. He has a strong background in computer science and genetics/molecular biology and manages interdisciplinary teams including mechanical engineering, electronics, physics, surface chemistry, electrophysiology, software engineering and applications (of the technology). Clive applies modern agile management techniques to the entire product development lifecycle. Clive has also held various management and consulting positions at GlaxoWellcome, Oxford Glycosciences and other EU- and US-based organisations. He has worked at the interface between computing and science, ranging from genetics to proteomics. He holds degrees in Genetics and Computational Biology from the University of York.
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About Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Solexa: Oxford Nanopore Technologies develops nanopore-based electronic systems for analyzing single molecules, including DNA, RNA, and proteins.
Nikolay Danilov
Non-Executive Director of Cambridge Nanotherm
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About Enso Ventures: Cambridge Nanotherm produces the industrys most efficient thermal management technology for LED applications and high powered electronics.
Sergey Usov
Director & Founder of Cambridge Nanotherm
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About Cambridge Nanotherm: Cambridge Nanotherm produces the industrys most efficient thermal management technology for LED applications and high powered electronics.
Kirill Mudryy
Non-Executive Director of Cambridge Nanotherm
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About : Cambridge Nanotherm produces the industrys most efficient thermal management technology for LED applications and high powered electronics.
Stoyan Smoukov
Co-Principal Investigator & Board of Directors of Xanofi
Stoyan was co-principal investigator in the development of the Xanofi technology. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University. Stoyan has 10 years of polymer research and engineering experience and the past 6 years spent specifically on nanoscience and nanofiber technology.
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About Queen Mary University of London, Xanofi: Xanofi is a nanotech company specializing in the production of nanofiber applications.
John Quinn
Group Director of Photonomi
John is an Electronic Engineering and Applied Finance graduate, and a serial entrepreneur in disruptive technology startups having founded or had significant leadership roles in over 10 Blue Chip startups over the last 23 years. He has been recognized by the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in 2002, the UK Business Innovation Awards in 2011, several International Innovation Awards in Semiconductor and Nanotechnology from 2003 to 2011 and shortlisted for Innovator of the Year 2014 in the London Energy Awards. In the early 90’s, he established world semiconductor nanotech benchmarks for the fabrication of CD-ROM, DVD & Blu-Ray & was technology lead for the conversion of Microsoft from floppy disc to CD-ROM for the release of Windows 95. He worked for lengthy periods abroad, including Germany, the Far East, and the United States. With past Senior Leadership roles in some of the most successful semiconductor company’s such as British Telecom, Hitachi-Maxell Europe, PIONEER Japan, JVC Europe, KAO Corp Japan, Oerlikon GmbH, Unaxis USA, he brings substantial strategic Technology and Innovation Executive Leadership to the Photonomi Group. He also sits on numerous policy, technical and governmental boards on Business & Innovation and is a regular guest speaker on Entrepreneurship.
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About Photonomi: A world leading nanoscience and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) ecosystem in FEW Science Technologies, (Food, Energy & Water)
John Quinn
Group Director of Photonomi
John is an Electronic Engineering and Applied Finance graduate, and a serial entrepreneur in disruptive technology startups having founded or had significant leadership roles in over 10 Blue Chip startups over the last 23 years. He has been recognized by the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in 2002, the UK Business Innovation Awards in 2011, several International Innovation Awards in Semiconductor and Nanotechnology from 2003 to 2011 and shortlisted for Innovator of the Year 2014 in the London Energy Awards. In the early 90’s, he established world semiconductor nanotech benchmarks for the fabrication of CD-ROM, DVD & Blu-Ray & was technology lead for the conversion of Microsoft from floppy disc to CD-ROM for the release of Windows 95. He worked for lengthy periods abroad, including Germany, the Far East, and the United States. With past Senior Leadership roles in some of the most successful semiconductor company’s such as British Telecom, Hitachi-Maxell Europe, PIONEER Japan, JVC Europe, KAO Corp Japan, Oerlikon GmbH, Unaxis USA, he brings substantial strategic Technology and Innovation Executive Leadership to the Photonomi Group. He also sits on numerous policy, technical and governmental boards on Business & Innovation and is a regular guest speaker on Entrepreneurship.
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About Photonomi: A world leading nanoscience and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) ecosystem in FEW Science Technologies, (Food, Energy & Water)
Mervyn Miles
Co-Founder & Director of NuNano
Mervyn is Professor of Physics at the University of Bristol. His research over the last 25 years has focused on the development and application of new scanning probe microscopes, including the invention of two new types of high-speed AFM and the use of nanotools controlled by holographic optical tweezers to act as a new type of AFM probe. Mervyn has also co-founded Infinitesima Ltd, to bring high-speed AFM to the semiconductor industry. He is also Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Institute of Physics Publishing and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2011.
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About NuNano: NuNano is a UK manufacturer of AFM probes and bespoke cantilever sensors.
Heinrich Hoerber
Co-Founder and Director of NuNano
Heinrich is an Emeritus Professor of Nanobiophysics at the University of Bristol. His research interests are focussed on scanning probe microscopy and high resolution optical instrumentation. Previous posts have included working with Prof. G Binnig, the co-inventor of the AFM, in Munich, and working at the European Molecular Laboratory in Heidelberg.
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About NuNano: NuNano is a UK manufacturer of AFM probes and bespoke cantilever sensors.
James Vicary
Managing Director, Co-Founder of NuNano
James has 14 years of experience in AFM, of which 9 were spent designing and manufacturing unique cantilever sensors for various research projects at the University of Bristol. Seeing his microfabrication endeavours yielding new science led James to found NuNano, in order to bring novel AFM probes to the wider scientific community.
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About NuNano: NuNano is a UK manufacturer of AFM probes and bespoke cantilever sensors.
Graeme Clark
Operations Director of Infinitesima Ltd
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About Infinitesima Ltd: Infinitesima Ltd is a company that uses Rapid Probe Microscopy to provide nano-scale images with information in less than a second.
Gareth Cave
Director of Pharm2Farm Ltd.
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About Pharm2Farm Ltd.: Pharm2Farm Ltd. produce and sell these products through an exclusive licence to this technology from NTU.
Gareth Cave
Director of Pharm2Farm Ltd.
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About Pharm2Farm Ltd.: Pharm2Farm Ltd. produce and sell these products through an exclusive licence to this technology from NTU.
