Xina Quan, PhD

Xina Quan is the Co-founder & CEO, PyrAmes Inc., has led interdisciplinary teams that have transformed advanced materials research into innovative commercial products for photonics, telecommunications, optoelectronics, and consumer electronics applications for over four decades. She has been developing PyrAmes’ technology with Stanford Prof. Zhenan Bao since 2015. Prior to founding PyrAmes, Xina led R&D programs at Artificial Muscle Inc. (acquired by Bayer MaterialScience and Parker Hannifin), Cambrios, Lumileds Lighting, DigiLens, and AT&T Bell Labs.  She has SB and SM degrees from MIT and a PhD from Princeton, all in Chemical Engineering. Xina is a registered patent agent with the US Patent Office and has more than 30 issued or pending US patents.