About GoNano
GoNano Technologies, Inc developed out of collaborative research between Washington State University and the University of Idaho and was founded by the inventors of the underlying technology; M. Grant Norton and David McIlroy along with investor and businessman, Tim Kinkeade.
Tim Kinkeade, CEO: Since the company’s inception in 2007, Tim has led corporate strategy and business development. Tim brings 20 years of entrepreneurial experience to GoNano Technologies. Tim created and managed successful ventures in finance and real estate prior to leading GoNano Technologies. Tim’s skill set includes: relationship building, marketing, human resource, cash management, and fundraising.
M. Grant Norton PhD, CTO: Dr. Norton is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Washington State University. Prior to entering academia, Grant worked for two major multinational companies, including four years with Heraeus GmbH. Grant has consulted for a number of companies and organizations including Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), a world leader in photovoltaics. His broad range of industry experience and current involvement with a number of major engineering firms is synergistic with his role in GoNano and its transition to a nanomaterials manufacturer.
David Hyatt PhD, Senior Bioengineer: David leads Enzymatic Flow Reactor product development at GoNano Technologies. David has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Arizona where he studied enzyme mechanistic details using X-ray crystallography. He went on to do postdoctoral work at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and later at Washington State University. During this time he has gained experience in plant natural product biochemistry and computational modeling of proteins. He has also worked on enzyme redesign through mutagenesis and maintains an active interest in this area.
Matt Yahvah, Chemical Engineer: Matt leads the development of emission control applications at GoNano, which includes diesel oxidation catalysts. He is also responsible for development of catalyst impregnation techniques. Matt earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho. His thesis research was in the area of carbon capture using mixed algae cultures. After graduating from UI, Matt led quality control and process improvement at a canola biodiesel production facility in Washington as was involved in ensuring compliance with state and federal EH&S regulations.
John Elzey, Process Development Engineer: John spearheads implementation of quality systems (daily operation documentation, product baselining/qualification, establishment of in-line metrology and process flow). Additionally, John leads migration of production to a higher throughput Nanospring growth platform. John completed a B.S. in Physics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1990 where he was a research assistant in an ultra-low temperature physics laboratory. He then completed a M.S. in Physics at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in 1993. His research there resulted in publications associated with endohedral muonium in doped buckyballs (KxC60) and his thesis project “Etching of Gallium Arsenide with Atomic Hydrogen”. He worked for the next fourteen years gaining industrial experience as a Process Engineer in silicon based mixed-signal/digital application specific integrated circuits at American Microsystems (recently acquired by ON Semiconductor) and high volume memory device manufacturing at Fujitsu Microelectronics and Hynix Semiconductor.
