Mateusz Bryning, Ph.D.
Mateusz Bryning, Ph.D. is a physicist with a background in advanced materials, nanotechnology, sensors, microfabrication, displays, and deep technology startups. As CTO of Zikon, Dr. Bryning led the R&D effort to develop nanotechnology-based paperlike electronic displays. While managing a small group of in-house engineers, he established and maintained technical collaborations with academic labs and corporate partners, including a Fortune Global 100 client. He was Principal Investigator on National Science Foundation SBIR Phase 1 and 2 research grants, and was actively involved in company strategic planning and fundraising.
As Adjunct Faculty at San Jose State University, Dr. Bryning has taught engineering courses in MEMS and microfluidics, and has co-advised about a dozen students. Much earlier in his career, he has held R&D or technical roles at Applied Biosystems, Thermawave (acquired by KLA/Tencor), and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Dr. Bryning holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied complex fluids and networks of carbon nanotubes. His publications on the electrical and thermal properties carbon nanotube networks and carbon nanotube aerogels have received more than 1,400 citations to date, and directly led to the founding of Minus-nine Technologies, Inc., a nanotechnology company that was sold in 2017 for $35M.
Since joining SmallTech in 2012, Dr. Bryning has consulted on a variety of projects that have ranged in scope from due diligence and invention through device design and prototyping, predominantly in medical device and industrial sensor fields. He has a hands-on approach to R&D, maintaining an active role in the lab while managing relationships with multifunctional teams across organizations and cultures. His recent areas of focus include MEMS and NEMS sensors and sensor networks, fluidic systems, advanced materials, and implementing machine learning to obtain novel functionality from sensor data.
SPECIALTIES
- Physics,
- Nanotechnology,
- Displays,
- MEMS,
- Materials Science.
