Canatu Ltd., a spin-off of the Helsinki University of Technology, was founded in 2004 to commercialize a novel carbon nanomaterial production and deposition technology.
David P. Brown, PhD CEODr. Brown has co-founded and acted as CEO of several high tech companies including Teicos Pharma and StreamWise and was a Senior Research Scientist at the Helsinki University of Technology, a Fulbright Fellow and an engineering consultant. He is a leading expert in the modeling, design, optimization and scaling of material synthesis reactors. He has a PhD in Environmental Engineering and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Prof. Esko I. Kauppinen, PhD Research Director
Dr. Kauppinen is a Physics Professor at the Helsinki University of Technology leading the NanoMaterials Group at the Center for New Materials and a Professor of Nanotechnology at the Finnish Technical Research Centre. He is one of the world's leader authors in carbon nanomaterial synthesis, properties and applications.
Albert G. Nasibulin, PhD Senior Scientist
Dr. Nasibulin, a Senior Research Scientist at the Helsinki University of Technology and an Academy of Finland Fellow, is a world leading scientist in theoretical and experimental aspects of Carbon Nanotubes and nano catalysts. His Ph.D is from Kemerovo State U. in Physical Chemistry.
Hua Jiang, PhD Senior Scientist
Dr Jiang is a Senior Research Scientist at the Aerosol Technology Group at the Finnish Technical Research Centre specializing in microscopy and structural characterization of nanomaterials. He is a world leader in e.g. characterization of nanostructured films and chirality analysis of Carbon Nanotubes by Electron Microscopy.