Founding team

The Stonybrook Technology Group team are "thought leaders" in membrane development.

Benjamin Chu (Co-Founder)

• Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering, Stony brook University, New York, with 500+ scientific papers published
• Ground-breaking research in materials chemistry, polymers, and colloids to solve fundamental problems with useful applications that benefit society through polymer physics, colloidal science and processing technologies
• Research innovations on which Stonybrook technology is based involve: - High-flux Low-fouling three-tier Membrane filters - Development of Multiple-Jet Electrospinning Technology for Mass Production of Nanofibers - High-flux Low-Fouling Ultrafiltration Membrane Filters Based on Nanofibrous Scaffolds - Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
• The research in the past five years were supported by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the Army Natick Laboratory, and the Petroleum Research Funds

Benjamin S. Hsiao (Co-Founder and President)

• Chairman of Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, New York, with 300+ scientific papers published
• Research innovations in manipulation of polymers provide basis for Stonybrook technology. Areas include property/process relationship in nanostructured polymers, elastomers and nanocomposites;  and In-situ structural studies during processing (spinning, electrospinning, deformation, and flow)
• 16 patent applications involving filtration membranes, electro-spinning technology, and nanofibrous scaffolds,
• Consults with DuPont (where he was in R & D years ago), Dow Chemicals, Ethicon Inc. (a Johnson and Johnson Company), ExxonMobil Chemicals, Estee Lauder, Hybrid Plastics, Kimberly Clark, Conoco, Milliken, Kodak, Eastman Chemicals