About Us
Carbon nanofibres grown at room temperature (B.O.Boskovic et al, Nature Materials 2, 2002, 165)
The Cambridge Nanomaterials Technology Ltd operates through constantly expanding network of consultants from industry and academia around the World that could provide nanomaterials solutions and an expert advice. We also have a team of key collaborators that could provide supporting services such as IP, market research and marketing advice. Our mission is to deliver to our customers world-class innovative solutions for development of nanomaterials based products.
Dr Bojan Boskovic
Managing Director & Principal Consultant
Dr Bojan Boskovic is a founder of the company with extensive experience in nanomaterials technology R&D project and team management from industry and academia in the UK and Europe. He is a materials scientist and engineer with hands-on expertise in carbon nanomaterials and composites and extensive network of contacts in the field. Previously, he worked as a CNT R&D Manager at Nanocyl, one of leading carbon nanotube manufacturing companies in Europe. At Nanocyl he was leading a team of researches and scientist in carbon nanomaterials applications ranging from polymer composites to electronic and bio-medical applications. He was also a Principal Engineer-Carbon Scientist at Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems, where he was leading R&D project to develop new aircraft brakes based on carbon nano-materials. He worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge on carbon nanotube synthesis and on carbon nanotube – carbon fibre epoxy composites for aerospace applications. Before coming to Cambridge he was a Senior Specialist at The Morgan Crucible PLC where he invented method for in situ growth of carbon nanotubes within carbon fibre cloth that he later utilised at Meggitt for aircraft brake discs carbon-carbon composite materials. During his PhD at the University of Surrey he invented low temperature carbon nanofibre synthesis method using PECVD. This research was granted a patent, published in Nature Materials and utilised by CNT synthesis equipment manufacturer Surrey Nano Systems. He is a board member of the British Composites Society and a member of the Steering and Review Group for the Mini-IGT in Nanotechnology that advices UK Government on nanotechnology strategy.
Collaborators and Advisors
Luisa Milic
Market Research and Strategy Consultant
Luisa Milic is a is founder and director of the Ideya Business and Marketing Consultancy Ltd in Cambridge, UK specialised in consulting services in the area of market research and analysis, preparation of business plans and business models, and strategic planning. Luisa has 17 years of international experience, working 11 years at KPMG LLP Market Research in the USA and leading the Ideya consultancy in Europe for 6 years. Luisa works on innovative business and market strategies with clients across industry sectors including manufacturing, retail and consumer goods, tourism, and information technology. She also engages with organizations in the education sector and public services and collaborates with other consultancies. In Europe she has developed a network of collaborators from FP6 and FP7 EU projects and develops business strategies for the commercialization of the resulting technical and scientific solutions. Luisa gives seminars on market research methods and conducts workshops on strategic planning in the public and private sector. Luisa holds Master Degree at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (US) at Heinz School of Policy Analysis and Management (May 1992).
Dr Afzana Anwer
IP Strategy Consultant
Dr. Afzana Anwer, Esq., an international patent prosecutor and litigator, is uniquely placed to advise clients on the exploitation and protection of intellectual property rights. Building upon a distinguished academic and scientific career in which Afzana studied Materials Science at the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts of Institute of Technology, Afzana turned her attention to a career in law. Afzana can combine technical & legal expertise with entrepreneurial flair and a commercial focus; her objective is to achieve commercial success and advises on the procurement of IP rights only when it makes commercial sense. Having practiced law in the US, Japan, Germany, and the UK, Afzana advised clients on international patenting strategies and multi-jurisdictional patent actions while managing large global IP portfolios and proactively offering added commercial value in a cost effective manner. Her work involves contentious and non-contentious intellectual property (patents, design rights, trademarks, copyright), in particular, she manages IP portfolios for companies, specialising in patents in a large range of technologies for a broad range of clients from the sole inventor to the SME to the large multinational corporation and the university spin out.
Del Stark
Business Development Consultant
Del Stark has over 15 years of experience in many areas of advanced technology including nanotechnology, smart materials, clean tech, green chemistry and sustainable manufacturing. Currently Del is now the CEO of Del Stark Technology Solutions, a company formed in 2011 to assist innovative and technically driven companies. Previously, Del worked as a Business Development Manager at the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN) for ten years from 2001 to 2011 where he helped development of a range nanotechnology innovation projects. Del was appointed the CEO of the European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance (ENTA) from 2005-2008, a spin-off of the IoN developed to act as a body to represents the interests of its members, mainly nanotechnology businesses, across Europe. ENTA had over 50 members, all with a business interest in nanotechnology. Previous roles include Science Communicator at Glasgow University Science Technology Outreach Programme. Between 1997 2000, Del was Marketing Business Development Co-ordinator with the Centre for Particle Characterisation Analysis (CPCA) at the University of Paisley, before moving to Glasgow Science Centre as Business Motivation Executive. Del is a BSc Hons graduate in two degrees (Chemistry and Mathematics) from Regis University, Denver.
Fraser Cottington
Business Development Consultant
Fraser Cottington has more than 20 years of experience in sales and new business development. Most recently he has been working as a CEO to Vendum Batteries Ltd and taken the company through a reverse takeover (RTO) to form Vendum Batteries Inc, where he completed on time regulatory 10Q and 10K filings to ensure the company complies with US SEC laws and maintains its OTC Bulletin Board public trading status. He worked closely with corporate investors and was successful in preparing a business plan to attract a $5 million investment agreement with an institutional investor. As a CEO he formed a highly qualified Technical Advisory Board from leading experts and established collaborative partnerships stretching across the UK to the West Coast of America with an aim to develop carbon nanotube and cellulose batteries and supercapacitors. Previously he work for Siemens on selling communications, IT Security and Information Security solutions, services, training and consultancy into numerous vertical markets, including local & Central Government, MOD and Healthcare, as well as insurance and banking sectors.
Dr Alfred Chuang
Nanoelectronics Consultant
Dr Alfred Chuang is a principal engineer at the nanotechnology laboratory of a leading memory manufacturer in the Far East. He led advanced memory exploratory projects evaluating new phase change materials and transition metal oxide materials for the next generation of non-volatile memories. He is now involved in the research and development of 3D memory ICs. Dr. Chuang’s doctoral research was on plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition of single-walled carbon nanotubes. He devised a new remote plasma-enhanced CVD system for synthesis of millimeter-thick carpet of high quality self-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes. He also invented a fast synthesis method for carbon nanowalls, which are essentially thin sheets of graphene multilayers. Dr. Chuang’s recent entrepreneurial effort is an internet marketing and software start-up capitalizing on the growing popularity of Apple’s iOS devices. Dr. Chuang received his PhD. in engineering from Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, and his B.Sc. in engineering from Harvey Mudd College, California, and equivalent of B.A. in economics from Claremont McKenna College, California.
Dr Anka Trajkovska Petkoska
Polymer Composites Consultant
Anka Trajkovska Petkoska is an Assistant Professor and Vice Dean of Education at the Faculty of Technology and Technical Sciences, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. She holds PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of polymers and polymer blends, their structure-processing-properties relationship, novel advanced materials based on polymers and their composites for different applications. She is an expert in the field of modification material’s properties by doping with variety of micro- and nano-dopants towards their targeted application. Anka also works on surface engineering/modification of different types of materials (polymers, glass, ceramic, composites), thin film coatings, tailored multi-functional, optical, self-cleaning and nano- coatings, etc…During her PhD studies at University of Rochester, she gained experience and expertise in the field of liquid crystalline materials. She invented a method of shaping polymer liquid crystal materials as well as their modification towards novel micro- and nano-composites for optical, photonic and electronic applications.
Dr Laurence Bryce
Carbon Materials Strategy Consultant
Dr Laurence Bryce has more than 40 years of experience in R&D and commercialisation of carbon materials in Europe and US. He was CTO of the Morgan Crucible Plc, a large multinational company responsible for successful development of their carbon based products. He introduced potential of carbon nanomaterials to the company more than ten years ago and he as one of the pioneers in development of the carbon based electrodes.
Download presentation that Dr Bojan Boskovic gave as an invited speaker at NanoMaterials 2010 conference in London on 10 June 2010.
