
The Team

Academic founder
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Maria Iliut
Expert in graphene and 2-dimensional materials and applications, particularly composites.
Post-doctoral research associate at University of Manchester (2014 – 2018)
PhD (2013) from Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania.
Published over 20 papers in international peer reviewed journals.
Academic founder
Scientific advisor and consultant
Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan
Leader of the Nanofunctional Materials Group at the National Graphene Institute.
Research in graphene and 2-dimensional materials, particularly composites and sensors.
Senior post-doctoral research associate at MIT, USA
PhD (2006) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Published over 80 papers in international peer reviewed journals.
Director representing The University of Manchester.
CEO of Graphene Enabled Systems Ltd.
Andrew Wilkinson
Previously Managing director at power-equipment manufacturer Socomec SAS
14 years with ICI plc’s Imagedata business, 8 of these as Global VP of Sales and Marketing.
Successfully brought to market a host of new technologies such as 3-dimensional industrial decoration system, high-performance thermally stabilised films for electronics industry and digital imaging consumables and hardware.
Project engineer at Graphene Enabled Systems
Dr. Shanshan Huo
Expert in the development and applications of nanocomposites.
Senior development engineer at NetComposites (2014 – 2017)
Post-doctoral research associate at Canadian Light Source (2013 – 2014)
PhD (2012) from North Dakota State University, USA.