Alex Ignatiev
Co-Founder and Advisor
PhD. Material Science, Cornell University
Inventor of the MetOx modified MOCVD manufacturing process
For more than 40 years Alex has been recognized as a world-class material scientist. He has directed 3 research centers at the University of Houston with over $3 million per year scale, published more than 325 scientific articles, is responsible for 37 patents, sits on the editorial boards of three scientific journals, is a member of 12 scientific societies, and has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors and theInternational Academy of Astronautics. Not the least, in 2010, Alex was honored as the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston.
While Director of the Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center at the University of Houston, Alex’s team developed the revolutionary MetOx modified MOCVD manufacturing process based on underlying epitaxial growth science learned from experiments flown on 3 NASA Space Shuttle flights.
His recent efforts have been in the continued development of high-performance superconducting oxide thin films and their application to superconducting wire development. Alex’s varied areas of professional interest include fuel cells, artificial retina, resistive computer memory and solar cells in space. Alex provides MetOx ongoing high-level technical guidance, strategy, and worldwide contacts.