- Dr. John Rogers, a Founder, is a Professor of Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Illinois in the Nanoelectronics and Biophotonics group. He is the former Director of Condensed Matter Physics Research at Bell Laboratories. John's honors include: MIT's Technology Review magazine for excellence in research (2004) and (2000); Frost and Sullivan, Circle of Excellence Award (2003); and the Harvard University Robert B. Woodward Scholar (2001).
- Dr. Ralph Nuzzo, a Founder, is currently a William H. and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry and a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois. Prior to moving to the University of Illinois, Dr. Nuzzo worked at Bell Laboratories, then a part of AT&T, where he held the title of Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in Materials Research.
- Dr. George M. Whitesides, a Founder, is also the Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. From 1986 to 1989 he served as the Chairman of the Harvard University Department of Chemistry. He was a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1963 to 1982. Dr. Whitesides received an A.B. degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and has extensive industry and startup experience with GelTex, Genzyme, General Motors, and Rohm and Haas.
- Etienne Menard, Founding Scientist, obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry at the University "Pierre et Marie Curie" (Paris, France) and the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) under the direction of Denis Fichou at the "Laboratoire des Semi-Conducteurs Organiques" (CEA/SACLAY, France) and Prof. John A. Rogers at UIUC. He received an engineering diploma in Electronics from the National Polytechnic Institute of Engineering in Electrotechnology, Electronics, Computer Science and Hydraulics (ENSEEIHT) at Toulouse (France) in 2002. His research has been featured on the covers of recent issues of Applied Physics Letters, Physics Status Solidi A, Advanced Materials and others. He is a co-inventor of much of Semprius' technology with Professors Rogers and Nuzzo and joined the company in December 2005.
