Lianhua Qu

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San Jose, CA 95136 adw7pa@r.postjobfree.com

An accomplished, multidisciplinary executive and technical leader with excellent business acumen and diverse knowledge, experience and skill sets in Physics, Chemistry, Material science, and Biological and Biomedicine in delivering optimal technical results and business value driving successful acquisitions in fast-growth environments. Skilled in technology strategy and road map design; technology due diligence and transfer; building and leading various multidisciplinary R&D, product development and commercialization teams; and industrial- industrial and academic partnership building and management. Holds credit for solid technology & product development and commercialization; successful technology and business direction change aligning with market trend; and successful acquisition of business.

Skills

●Leadership and Decision Making ●Collaboration and Communication ●Supervision

●Mentoring ●Strategic Thinking ●Technology Strategy Formulation

●Roadmap Design ●Research and Development ●Product Development

●Commercialization ●Fund raising ●Industry Relation

●Technology Due Diligence ●Nanotechnology ●Nanoparticles

●Nanomaterials ●Quantum dots ●Semiconductor

●Optoelectronic Devices ●Bioassays ●Physics

●Chemistry ●Material science ●Biosensor

●uLED Display

Professional Experience

Director and Distinguished Engineer

Mojo Vision, Saratoga, CA

June 2022 to present

Built strategic technical and business plan for the development and commercialization of nanomaterial enabled uLED display.

Lead a multidisciplinary and high-performing team consisting of physicists, chemists, material scientists, and engineers for nanomaterial (quantum dots) development and manufacturing.

Lead the nanomaterial Ink formulation development for RGB uLED display for AR/VR

Collaborate with various universities and industry partiners for material analysis and characterization.

Collaborate with industrial partners for joint development. Director of Technology Development

Reaction Biology Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

January 2021 to May 2022

●Built strategic technical and business plan for the development and commercialization of nanomaterial enabled bioassay and biosensor platforms.

Led a multidisciplinary team, leveraging superb mentorship and collaboration to effectively develop nanotechnology enabled bioassay and biosensors.

Built strong and trusting partnership with University of the Science for joint development. Co-Founder&Chief Technical Officer

Crystalplex Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA

August 2005 to January 2021

Raised over $15 million in private equity working with the CEO.

Awarded $1.5 million in non-dilutive federal and state grants as PI.

Led the technology due diligence and technology transfer for the acquisition of Crystalplex.

Built and managed various multidisciplinary and high-performing teams; embraced diversity in all its forms; and actively supported diversity goal of the team.

Built and managed strong and trusting relationships with team members, business partners (Sony, Sharp, Mitsubishi, Osram, Philips and other OEMs in display and Lighting), and universities (Emory University, Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University and University of Pittsburgh). Worked collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicated with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Formulated the company’s technology strategy and road map in fluorescent semiconductor nanomaterial research, development, commercial production, and applications for next-generation products including optoelectronic device

(LED, OLED, display and Solar cell), security ink, biological assay, and biomedical sensor.

Led and coordinated the technology transfer of Crystalplex from an academic laboratory into an industrial setting.

Led technical analysis, technology evaluation, and technology due diligence to ensure the alignment of technology with the goal of company and market needs.

Conducted outreach and facilitated discussions among investors, research institutions, universities, and industrial organizations.

Assisted in the coordination of government officials for nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety evaluation and standard setup.

Developed the core technology of Crystalplex. Created a new nanostructure concept, alloyed nanomaterial and reduced to practice resulted in the highest material quality, significantly reduced cost and significantly improved manufacturing capability. Resulted in issued patent.

Developed unique surface modification method on nanoparticles with significantly improved photo, chemical, and environmental stability and lifetime of the materials and the devices built. Resulted in 2 issued patents.

Developed high fluorescent metal nanoclusters with the potential to replace Cadmium based nanomaterials.

Developed unique surface modification method to turn quantum dots into bio-compatible material for biological and biomedical sensing and assay.

Co-developed a new type of nanomaterial-based OLED device with significantly improved brightness and lifetime. Co-Founder&Chief Scientist

Crystalplex Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA

August 2003 to August 2005

Developed a unique method for synthesizing high quality alloyed semiconductor nanocrystals, with high quantum efficiency, significantly improved photo and chemical stability, easy control of emission wavelengths and industrial scaling up.

Solved fatal problem of nanomaterial encoded multiplexing bead technology, enabled them to be useful in most of the biological reactions, meanwhile maintaining the high optical properties.

Developed a unique method to make conglomerated multiplexing nanoparticles which meet the needs that both single nanoparticle and normal latex bead can not provide. Resulting in patent application.

Discovered two new methods to encode latex beads with semiconductor nanoparticles that take less time, improve brightness, and reduce bead clumping in large scale synthesis.

Developed new methods of synthesizing nanocrystals that improve chemical stability, expanding the applications accessible to Crystalplex’s products.

Enabled Crystalplex’s first sale by analyzing customer needs and altering product to meet them. Senior Research Associate

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University, Atlanta, GA July 2002 to August 2003

Performed extensive research on the application of semiconductor nanoparticle encoded polymer beads in biological systems, such as genetic analysis, drug discover, and clinical diagnostics.

Standardized a monodisperse bead making process and prepared standard operating procedures to achieve sizes ranging from 400 nm to 1,400 nanometers in diameter.

Developed a new method of producing CdSe/ZnS core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals that reduced synthesis time by 80%, increased the quantum yield up to 80%, and had high chemical and photo stability. Visiting Professor

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR September 2000 to July 2002

Developed new methods to synthesize high quality fluorescent cadmium selenide nanoparticles. Resulting in issued patent.

Discovered methods of synthesizing high quality semiconductor nanocrystals by using low cost, more safe, and environmental friendly reagents that significantly broaden semiconductor nanoparticle synthesis route, also provides a guidance for researchers to select the synthetic route according to specified purpose. All the research groups and industries are adopting the methods for their nanoparticle synthesis. Resulted in issued patent

Designed and performed experimental and theoretical method to study the fundamental nucleation and growth process of semiconductor colloidal nanoparticle that lead to a deeper insight of crystallization and providing a path for future fundamental research.

Proposed, tested, and proved a theory that high quantum yield of nanocrystals is directly related to the surface structure/reconstruction of nanocrystals, providing the foundation for further developing nanocrystals as nanosensors that can report binding events in biological assays.

Collaborated with scientists in the physics department to address the physical properties of high quality nanocrystals, such as the surface structure, optical properties and interactions with environments that resulting in valuable information for discovering high quality nanosensor. Consulting Experience

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Emeritus

June 2022 to present

Teach nanotechnology to working professionals and business leaders. Consultant

Mojo Vision, Saratoga, CA

January 2022 to May 2022

Provided the client with strategic business plan for the commercialization of nanomaterial enabled next generation of display.

Provided the client with technology strategy and roadmap.

Built fully functioned nanomaterial R&D and manufacturing facilities for the client.

Built a multidisciplinary and high-performing team consisting of physicist, chemist, material scientist, and engineers for nanomaterial development and manufacturing.

Consultant

Quantum Materials Corporation (QMC), San Marcos, TX January 2021 to June 2021

Provided the client with strategic business plan for the development and commercialization of nanomaterial enabled medical devices and biological and biomedical testing reagents.

Provided the client with technical guidance for the development of biocompatible nanomaterials.

Designed technical approaches for material development. Volunteer Experience

Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) member

Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, Pittsburgh, PA August 2005 to July 2015

Directed the funding output from the technical perspective, performed proposal review and technology evaluation Industry dvisory member

Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership, Pittsburgh, PA August 2005 to present

Directing the partnership establishment between universities and industries in nanotechnology fabrication and manufacturing.

Education

Ph.D in Physics

Jilin University

M.S in Physical Chemistry

Jilin University

B.S. in Physics

Shandong Normal University

Patents and patent applications

1. Lianhua Qu, Alloyed Semiconductor Nanocrystals, US patent, US8,454927, Issued on June 4th, 2013. 2. Lianhua Qu, Greg Miller. Passivated nanoparticles. US patent, 9,425,253, Issued on August 23rd, 2016. 3. Xiaogang Peng, Lianhua Qu, Colloidal nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields and methods of preparing the nanocrystals US Patent, 6,869,545, Issued on March 22, 2005 4. Xiaogang Peng, Zuoyan Peng and Lianhua Qu, Synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals, US Patent, 6,872,249, Issued on March 29, 2005

5. Lianhua Qu, Concentration-gradient alloyed semiconductor quantum dots, LED and white light applications, filed on October, 2007

6. Lianhua Qu, Quantum Dots with charge Transport Ligand, filed on October, 2007 7. Lianhua Qu, Alloyed Semiconductor Nanocrystals, 11/197,620, filed on: 08/04/2005 8. Lianhua Qu, Conglomerated Semiconductor Nanocrystals, 11/197,650, filed on: 08/04/2005 Selected Publications

1. Lianhua Qu, W. William Yu, and Xiaogang Peng, In situ Observation of the Nucleation and Growth of CdSe Nanocrystals, Nanoletters 4(2004) 465.

2. Lianhua Qu and Xiaogang Peng, Control of photoluminescence properties of CdSe nanocrystals in Growth, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124(2002) 2049.

3. Lianhua Qu, Z. Adam Peng, and Xiaogang Peng, Alternative Routes towards High Quality CdSe Nanocrystals, Nano letters, 1 (2001) 333.

4. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Baiwen Li, Term values of 1s2sns S states of the lithium isoelectronic sequences, J. Phys. B, 31(1998) 2469.

5. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Baiwen Li, Theory of oscillator strengths of the lithium isoelectronic sequences, J. Phys. B, 31(1998)3601.

6. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Baiwen Li, Oscillator strengths for 2 S-n P transitions of the lithium isoelectronic sequences, Eur. Phys. J. D, 5 (1999)173. 7. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Baiwen Li, Oscillator strengths for 3 D-n F transitions of the lithium isoelectronic sequences, Optics Communications, 162(1999)223. 8. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Baiwen Li, Accurate calculations for the autoionizating states of the lithium atom, Phys. Lett. A, 240(1998) 65.

9. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Baiwen Li, Energy of 1s2snp P states of the lithium isoelectronic sequences, Chin. Phys. Lett., 14(1998)329.

10. Lianhua Qu, Zhiwen Wang and Xiaoxu Guan, Energy and oscillator strengths for lithium atom, Chin. Phys. Lett., 14(1997) 732.

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