

Our Approach
Our sensors rely on patterned, chemically responsive nanomaterial alignment layers that affect the orientation of nematic liquid crystals in direct contact with the nanomaterials’ surface similar to alignment layers commonly used in liquid crystal display (LCD) devices.
Our Approach
Our Story
Our company started from research developed at the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University in Kent (Ohio) USA.
Our Story
Meet the Team
A team of dedicated scientists is leading the way.

Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D.
Founder & CSO
Professor, Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry; Ph.D. Martin Luther University Halle, Germany

Kunwar Mehra, MBA
Business Consultant

Julie Vanegas-García, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Elda Hegmann, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & CEO
Professor at Kent State University, Ph.D. Université Laval (Canada)

Ahlam Nemati, M.Sc.
Research Scientist

Leah Bergquist, M.Sc.
Research Scientist

Marianne Prévôt, Ph.D.
CFO
Ph.D. University of Rennes (France), Postdoc Kent State University

Sasan Shadpour, M.Sc.
Research Scientist

Senay Üstünel, M.Sc.
Research Scientist