GRAPHENE USA TEAM

MANAGEMENT

Joe Winkler

Joseph (Joe) Winkler is the President of Research and Development of Graphene USA Inc. Joe has experience in Research & Development in environmental science, chemistry, and computer science. He is multi-talented and has a diverse background in management, sales & marketing, public speaking, teaching, video production, computer programming, and grant writing. His work ethic and business acumen will be the key drivers that propel this venture towards a position of lasting success. Joe holds a Master’s degree in Biochemistry from Louisiana State University and completed all coursework and exams for a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now the University of Lousiana at Lafayette.

Jonathan Broussard

Jonathan Broussard is a President of Industrial Fabrication Services, LLC. an acquisition to be consummated by GrapheneUSA. He is graduated from Cecilia High School in 1990. He has more than 28 years of experience in fabrication and welding. He has hands-on experience in design layout, detailed drawing comprehension, fabrication, and welding.

Ron Lander

Ron Lander is the President of Graphene USA, Inc. he studied Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University. Over a decade Mr. Lander rose vertically from San Diego to Calabasas where he headed Global Technology Integration for Nokia Design and Nokia Technology/Research Platforms, again managing a Global Team, this time to create global alignment between two key Nokia Divisions. Besides this, he has also provided services to Apple, Samsung, Parsons, Department of Defense, Compaq, Dell, Sun, Hewlett Packard, Movie Arms Management, X2BioSystems, Vertu Mobile.

Scott L. Anderson

Scott L. Anderson is the Investor Relations Officer. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He has over 20 years of investor relations and public relations experience. His previous employers include Qualcomm Inc., Qorvo Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now part of Allergan), O2Micro International, and U.S. Geothermal (now part of Ormat Technologies).

Piran Kidambi

Piran Kidambi is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Mechanical Engineer. His research leverages the intersection between i) in-situ metrology, ii) process engineering, and iii) material science to enable bottom-up novel materials design and synthesis for energy, novel membranes, electronics, catalysis, metrology, and healthcare applications. He obtained a B.Tech from the National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli in 2006, an M.S. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich in 2010 and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2014 (advisor Prof. Stephan Hofmann).

After receiving his Ph.D., he pursued postdoctoral research at MIT through the Lindemann Trust Fellowship.

His research has been recognized through awards including the Lindemann Trust Fellowship (2014-2015), 1st prize at the ABTA 2014 Doctoral Research Awards, Elizabeth Mabel Burnett prize (2014), Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award (2010-2014), the Willi Studer prize (2010), NSF (National Science Foundation) CAREER award (2020), American Chemical Society PRF Doctoral New Investigator (2018), and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2018).

He also has served on the US National Graphene Association Academic Council since 2019 and is a guest editor for MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) Nanomaterials.