Our team


We are a highly technical team with expertise in sensors, CMOS devices,  semiconductor process development & integration, materials science, physical chemistry, IC design and hardware development.

We spun off from the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC) at UC Berkeley. 

Hossain Fahad, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Board Director

Ali Javey, PhD

Chief Technologist

Board Director

Gordon Charles

Chief Product Officer


David Gardner, PhD

Lead Sensors Engineer

Thach Nguyen

Semiconductor Process Engineer

Kurt Petersen, PhD

Business & Technical Advisor

Michelle Kiang, PhD

Business Advisor

Kristofer Pister, PhD

Technical Advisor


Our supporters

US federal agencies, private investors, accelerators/incubators