Jonathan Nicholson
Executive Director
jonathan.nicholson@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Jonathan Nicholson is a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales. He is the former Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company and Head of Corporate Management at KPMG in the Cayman Islands. He has an extensive background as director of several important and sizable investment entities.
Education
Mr. Nicholson is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Richard Coles
Director
richard.coles@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Richard Coles is an experienced lawyer both in England and in the Cayman Islands, being a Solicitor admitted in England, a Cayman Islands Attorney-at-law and Notary Public. From 1992 to 1999 he was the Attorney General for the Cayman Islands, a Member of the Cabinet and Legislative Assembly and a Government Minister having been appointed to that position on the recommendation of the British Government. Prior to that appointment he was the founding partner of a substantial firm of solicitors with offices in England. He has now reverted to private practice in Grand Cayman and sits on the Boards of a number of Cayman financial and investment companies.
Education
Mr. Coles studied at the College of Law in London and is a Fellow of the Caribbean Law Institute. He is a member of the Law Society of England, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. He also has the distinction of being a Freeman of the City of London.
Jean-Eric Wegrowe
Director
jean-eric.wegrowe@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Jean-Eric is Physic Professor at the Polytechnique in Paris (France). Previously he was first assistant in the Nanophysic Institute at the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland). He was expert evaluator for the European Commission for the Essential Information Society and coordinator of the Top Nano 21 project in Switzerland. Jean-Eric published more than 30 articles in international scientific journals and spoke at more than 20 international conferences.
Jean-Eric is an expert in the area of magnetism and transport phenomena in nanostructured materials, including GMR, spintronics, magnetization, electrodeposition, - and magneto-phoretic deposition.
Education
Jean-Eric obtained a Master in Science in Physics and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Grenoble (France). He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland).
Aymeric Sallin
Founder & Managing Director
Investment Advisory Committee Member
aymeric.sallin@nanodimension.com
Aymeric focuses on semiconductor and energy-related investments.
Professional Background
Aymeric is currently on the Board of Directors of Crocus Technology SA and Selecta Biosciences, as well as on the Advisory Board of the Physics Department of the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne.
Prior to founding NanoDimension, he worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company focusing on strategy development, product innovation, turnarounds and supply chain management for companies in the high tech industry. As entrepreneur, Aymeric founded and managed his first company active in professional sport management, obtaining 12 titles at the World and European Snowboard Championships.
Education
Aymeric holds a Master in Physical Engineering from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland). During his time at EPFL, he was involved in Nanotechnology research, focusing on nanocrystalline solar cells, carbon nanotubes and spintronics.
Luc Bauer
Investment Advisory Committee Member
luc.bauer@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Luc-Olivier is currently acting as advisor to several start-up companies in the high-tech industry (microelectronics, display, lately micro- and nanotechnologies). He is as well an active board member of Neode, the new Science and Technology Park established by the Canton of Neuchatel. Over the last 30 years, Luc-Olivier accumulated extensive experience in building, developing and managing companies in the high-tech industry. He founded several companies, including nCHIP, SVISION, Hana Microdisplay and Eurosil/Intersil and served in various executive positions as chairman, board member and senior manager in several other companies in the US and in Europe, including Hana Microdisplay Technology and Integrated Device Technology.
Education
He obtained his Master in Science in Physics from the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland) and his Ph.D. in Engineering from Caltech in Pasadena (USA).
Andre Chatelain
Investment Advisory Committee Member
andre.chatelain@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
André is honorary professor at the Nanophysics Institute of the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland). He currently is a member of the cantonal parliament in Canton Vaud. Previously he was professor and head of the physics department at the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland). For several years he was physics professor at Berkeley (USA). Previously he was researcher in the Solid State Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratories (USA) and co-investigator for lunar material in the NASA Apollo project.
Education
Andre obtained his Master in Science in Physics and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland). He did a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories (USA).
Bryan Wood
Investment Advisory Committee Member
bryan.wood@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Bryan is the founder of Alta Berkeley, a European venture capital firm investing in early stage communications, information technology, media and health care companies in Western Europe, USA and Israel. He invested in 40 companies, resulting in nine IPOs (six on NASDAQ) and fourteen trade sales (mostly cross-border). He served as non executive director of 50 companies, public and private in ten European countries, USA and Israel. Previously, Bryan has been European Finance Vice President of Gould Inc and held several other European and US finance and operating positions in various companies.
Education
Bryan obtained his Bachelor in Science in Industrial Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg (USA) and his MBA from the Harvard Business School in Boston (USA).
Carl Pabo
Investment Advisory Committee Member
carl.pabo@nanodimension.com
Carl focuses on investments in the life sciences sector.
Professional Background
Dr. Carl O. Pabo is a world leader in issues involving the structure and design of DNA-binding proteins. Dr. Pabo has been a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1982-1991) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991-2001), and has been an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1986-2001).He was Chief Scientific Officer at Sangamo BioSciences from 2001-2003 and has recently held appointments (while working on new theories about human thought) as a Visiting Professor at Cal Tech, Stanford, Berkeley, and Harvard. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Education
He received his B.S. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Yale in 1974 and received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Harvard in 1980.
Julien Nguyen
julien.nguyen@nanodimension.com
Julien focuses on investments in the IT/electronics sectors.
Professional Background
In 2005, Julien Nguyen founded and was a Managing Director at Concept Ventures, a Silicon Valley based VC fund focused on early stage IT startups. From 2001 to 2005, Julien Nguyen founded and was a Managing Partner of Applied Materials Ventures, the corporate VC arm of Applied Materials Inc. From 1991 to 2000, Julien co-founded four startups: Radius (Products for the Mac, IPO in 1988), E-Motions (MPEG chips, acquired by Sigma Designs), Novita Communications (multimedia Java software, acquired by Planetweb), Ezlogin (wireless financial services, acquired by 724 Solutions). Julien held engineering positions at Daisy Systems and Matra (France). Julien serves on the board of Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM), Envision, Grandis, Takumi and ZillionTV.
Education
Julien received his postgraduate degree from Telecom Paris (France), and his Master of Science from Ecole Polytechnique (France). He holds 21 patents issued in the US.
Eric Moessinger
eric.moessinger@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Eric spent 3 years at Bain & Company (Zurich and San Francisco) and worked on strategy cases in healthcare, industrial goods and telecommunications and on the turnaround/restructuring of an electrical component manufacturer. In addition he performed numerous due diligences in the IT/electronics and semiconductors sectors while in the Private Equity Group.
Education
Eric was graduated with a double-degree from the University of Florida and holds an M.S.c. in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics.
Kelly Lorson
COO
kelly@nanodimension-inc.com
Professional Background
Prior to joining NanoDimension, Kelly spent 7+ years at eBay (based in San Jose, CA) as the Senior Director of Global HR Systems & Operations. Prior to eBay, Kelly led similar activities at 3Com and National Semiconductor. Kelly has a background in M&A integration, information systems, and HR operations. She has spent time as an expat living in Asia Pacific and has managed teams in both Europe and Asia.
Education
Kelly graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in Rhetoric & Communication.
Erik Smith
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
erik@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Erik has 18 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining NanoDimension, he spent 4 years as the President & COO of Qcept Technologies where he worked to successfully bring Qcept’s patented inspection technology into the Semiconductor industry. Prior to that he spent 13 years with Ultratech; a $400M market cap semiconductor equipment manufacturer supplying the semiconductor, advanced packaging, and nanotechnology markets. Erik was the Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing & held numerous other positions in sales, service & operations.
Earlier in his career, Erik worked in Washington, D.C. for a senior Congressman as an advisor on trade issues and later joined Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) as a lobbyist promoting high tech public policy initiatives such as R&D tax credits, SEMATECH funding, and export control licensing relief. Erik finished his career with SEMI in Japan running SEMI’s Japanese market penetration program for U.S. and European members.
Education
Erik received his B.A. in International Relations from Trinity College in Hartford CT. Erik is proficient in Japanese and his education also includes international studies in Brussels and Tianjin, China.
Jean-Philippe Ansermet
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee
jean-philippe.ansermet@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Jean-Philippe is currently professor and director of the Physics Institute of the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland). Previously he was visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). Prior to moving into academia, Jean-Philippe worked for several years at the materials research center of Ciba-Geigy on polymers for microelectronics, composites, dielectrics and organic charge transfer complexes. Since 2002, Jean-Philippe is president of the Swiss Physical Society.
Expertise
Jean-Phillippe's expertise includes spintronics, nanomagnetism, solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), nanostructured materials and materials science.
Education
Jean-Philippe obtained his Master in Science in Physics from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland) and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA). He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois (USA).
Andreas Engel
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
andreas.engel@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Andreas is currently Professor of Structural Biology at the M.E. Müller Institute Basel (Switzerland). Previously, he was the Chairman of the Biozentrum in Basel. Andreas is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals, including Journal of Structural Biology, Molecular Membrane Biology, Nanotechnology and Ultramicroscopy. Andreas has authored over 100 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals, such as Nature and Science. He is member of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) “Nanoscale Science” and the NCCR “Structural Biology”.
Expertise
Andreas is an expert in structural biology, researching the structure and functions of membrane proteins using electron crystallography and atomic force microscopy.
Education
Andreas obtained a Master in Science in Physics and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and a Master in Science in Biology from the University of Basel. He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Biophysics Institute at the John Hopkins University (USA).
Peter Vettiger
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
peter.vettiger@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Peter is currently a researcher at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) and at the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT) at the University of Neuchàtel (Switzerland). Prior to his semi-retirement, Peter served in several research and management positions at IBM (Switzerland) during the last 40 years. Over this time, he emerged as one of the most prolific inventors within IBM. He started and led the Micro/Nanomechanics Group at IBM Rüschlikon (Switzerland), exploring new data storage techniques (project “Millipede”). Previously, he led for several year the IBM Rüschlikon research activities in micro/nanoscale fabrication techniques for superconductive, electronics and opto-electronics devices and circuits. Peter also spent extended time in the USA at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, and at IBM's Semiconductor Plant in East Fishkill, NY. Peter is the author of more than 150 scientific publications and 70 patents.
Expertise
Peter is an expert in the area of micro- and nanofabrication science and technology.
Education
Peter obtained a Master in Science in Electrical Engineering from the Zurich University of Applied Science (Switzerland). In 2001 he received a Doctor honoris causa from the University of Basel (Switzerland).
Harry Heinzelmann
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
harry.heinzelmann@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Harry is currently vice-president of the division Nanotechnology & Life Sciences of the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM). He is a lecturer at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). Dr. Heinzelmann is Secretary of the Nanotechnology Section of the Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM).
Expertise
Harry is an expert in nanoscale structuring, nanoscale materials, nanoscale optics, nanobiotechnology and scanning probe microscopy.
Education
Harry obtained a Master in Science in Physics and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Basel (Switzerland) and a Master of Advanced European Studies from the Europe Institute in Basel (Switzerland). He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at IBM Almaden (USA) and IBM Rueschlikon (Switzerland).
Jean-Marc Bonard
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
jean-marc.bonard@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Jean-Marc is currently R&D project manager at Rolex, the leading luxury watch manufacturer. Previously he was first assistant at the Nanophysic Institute of the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland). He coordinated several national and international research projects, published more than 60 articles in international scientific journals and was a speaker at numerous international Nanotechnology conferences.
Expertise
Jean-Marc is an expert in the areas of carbon nanostructures, nanoscale imaging and semi-conductor technology. Additionally, he has significant experience in technology transfer from research institutions to the industry.
Education
Jean-Marc obtained a Master in Science in Physics and his Ph.D. from the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland). He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland).
Jean-Luc Thomas
Scientific Advisory Committee Member
luc.thomas@nanodimension.com
Professional Background
Luc is currently a research team member at IBM Almaden (USA), focusing on GMR and magnetic tunnel memory cells. Previously, Luc was a research member in the “Laboratoire de Magnétisme et d’Optique de Versailles” (CNRS) (France). Luc has published more than 30 articles in several international scientific journals and he is a regular speaker at numerous international nanotechnology conferences.
Expertise
Luc is an expert in magnetic thin films and nanostructures.
Education
Luc obtained a Master in Science in Physics and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Grenoble (France). He pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at IBM Almaden (USA).
