Steering Committee
- Arturo Ayon, UT SA, Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Professor
- Chuck Bailey, CB Advisors Lobbyist
- Lynette Ballast, Cerium Laboratories Manager
- Sanjay Banerjee, UT Austin Professor
- Lowell Brickman, ACS, Inc., A Xerox Company Senior VP
- Pino Chidichimo, University of Calabria Professor
- Bill Covington, Texas State University-San Marcos VP Research
- Ananth Dodabalapur, UT Austin Professor
- Richard Fink, ANI VP Engr
- Kevin Fiur, ICAP Ocean Tomo Senior VP
- Barbara Foster, The Microscopy & Imaging Place, Inc. President
- Patti Hill, Penman PR President
- Junhui Hu, Huanzhong University Professor
- Gyeong S. Hwang, UT Austin Professor
- Jerry Keys, MKGK Partner
- Samuel Kim, ANI VP BD
- Kelly Kordzik, MKGK Partner
- Andras Lacko, UNT Professor
- Dmitri Lisenkov, RusNano Managing Dir.
- Mario Loyola, National Review Journalist
- Matt Matsumura, ANI Japan President
- Uri Mintz MD Consultant
- Tsutomi Miyasaka, Toin University of Yokohama Professor
- Arup Neogi, University of North Texas Professor
- Robert Ronstadt, Consilience, Ltd. Principle
- Robert Shaddox, Winstead Partner
- Lillian Shaked Gross Kleinhendler Hodak Halevy & Greenberg Attorney
- Betsy Shelton, ANI Safety officer
- Walt Trybula, Trybula Foundation, Inc. President
- Jean Woloszko, ArthroCare CTO, SVP R&D
- Zvi Yaniv, ANI President/CEO
- Henning Zoz ZOZ Group President
Executive Committee
NAC Executive Committee formed of elected members of the Steering Committee develops and formulates the strategic roadmap of NAC that will provide a detailed understanding of the Texas assets as well as assess in each region of Texas landscape its competitive position to further the development and commercialization of nanotechnology. The strategic roadmap will encompass:
a) an inventory and assessments of nanotechnology assets and activities in the different regions of Texas and identify specific areas of opportunity to further nanotechnology application developments;
b) an assessment of the top opportunities for strategic alliances based upon a competitive analysis, market potential and leveraging its region assets; and
c) the development of an operational plan for possible strategic alliances at local, national and international level including the identification of participants, gaps to be addressed, key activities, timelines and if possible funding opportunities.
Portal Management Committee
Educational Programs Committee
Nanotechnology Risk and Safety Committee
a. Create a framework with conditions for disseminating information related to responsible handling of nanoparticles
b. Guide interested parties to the availability of scientific and methodological instruments to recognize and prevent possible harmful effects of nanomaterials
c. Promote a public dialogue with respect to risks of nanotechnology
International Collaboration Committee
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Committee
Create a network of competence that will result in durable structure to support an efficient productive system for innovation in the different fields of nanotechnology. This network of competence will provide the necessary information to innovators and entrepreneurs how to identify a platform on which their innovation project can be implemented with the most varied constellation of partners with a distinct thematic focus.