Dr. Mark Banish is President and Chief Scientist at Neotericon LLC, a consultancy specializing in nanomaterials and advanced technology.  With over three decades of industrial experience, the last two have been spent mostly in nanoscience and developing products based upon it. He was formerly VP-Chief Scientist at Nanocomp Technologies (now Huntsman Chemicals) where he was responsible for the fundamental science of how Nanocomp made their carbon nanomaterial-based sheet and yarns as identifying and proving the links between their unique nanoscale features and the performance of end products.  Prior to Nanocomp, he was the director for production and quality for the company's nanomaterial products for Zyvex Corporation, where he managed manufacturing operations and initiated the industry's first supply chain certification process to qualify carbon nanotubes. 

Mark holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Princeton University, an MBA from the University of Maryland University College, and a B.A. with honors in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Advisory Group on the measurement of nanomaterials.  He frequently collaborates with scientists at the National Institutes of Science and Technology (NIST) on analytical methods for nanomaterials.  Over the past  three years he has been an invited speaker at Rice University’s CarbonHub, a academic/industrial consortium on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through innovative carbon chemistries and processes.  He is also working with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in their program on applying machine learning to nanomaterial production.  He has managed and outscored corporate R&D programs at the University of New Hampshire, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, and Florida State University.  Through his alumnus status at both Penn and Princeton he maintains good relationships with professors in both the Chemistry and Engineering departments.

Mark has taught chemistry courses at levels from introductory to graduate at several colleges and universities and for seven years was adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, University College where he taught operations management.  He frequently gives classes for his clients in process control as he is also a Six Sigma Black Belt. 

Patents:

1. “Intumescent Nanostructured Materials and Methods of Manufacturing Same”, Co-inventors: Peter Antoinette, Mark Schauer, Brian White, Meghann White, and David Gailus, US Patent 11279836,  Granted: March 22, 2022

2. “Systems and Methods for Coloring Nanofibrous Materials”, Co-inventors: Peter L. Antoinette and Ashley Hart, US Patent 10920368, Granted: February 16, 2022

3. “Exfoliating-dispersing agents for nanotubes, bundles and fibers”, Co-inventors: Joseph E. Johnson and Paul R. Jarosz, US Patent 9718691, Granted: August 1, 2017

4. “Systems and Methods for Formation of Extended Length Nanostructures on Nanofilament Support”,  US Patent Application 20160168689, Publication date: June 16, 2016

5. “TiO2 Compounds Obtained from a High Silica Content Ore”, Co-inventors: Inventors: Ling Zhou, Thomas Messer, and Fu-Chu Wen, US Patent 6713038, Granted: March 30, 2004

6. “Gradient index glasses and sol-gel method for their preparation”, Co-inventors:  J. Brian Caldwell, Tessie M. Che, Robert M. Mininni, and Victor N. Warden, US Patent 5182236,  Granted: January 26, 1993

7. U.S. provisional filing on nanomaterial synthesis and catalyst design. Information available upon request.

8. U. S. Provisional filing on carbon nanomaterial-based components for electrodes in battery and exchange membrane applications.  Information available upon request.