Our Contributors

Lawrence Gasman

Lawrence Gasman is the principal analyst at NanoMarkets.  Mr. Gasman has almost 30 years experience of analyzing the commercialization potential of complex technologies and in the recent past has conducted demanding market research on organic electronics, printable electronics, displays, nano-enabled computer memories, nanosensors, photonic integration, MEMS, and semiconductor lasers.

Jeff DeBord

Jeff DeBord is a Research Associate for NanoMarkets working in the areas of smart grids/greentech, solar energy and advanced materials.  He has authored over 25 papers in peer reviewed journals in the areas of organometallic synthesis, organically templated transition metal phosphates and organically templated metal oxides with novel magnetic properties.

Katherine Derbyshire

Katherine Derbyshire is an Associate Analyst at NanoMarkets.  She holds a BS in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MS in materials from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Alfred Poor

Alfred Poor is an Associate Analyst at NanoMarkets, and a well-known author in the display industry. He is a contributing editor for Electronic Component News, where he writes an optoelectronics, lighting and displays column called “On Light Side.” He also writes the “HDTV Almanac,” a daily compendium of news and commentary on HDTV and related home entertainment topics.

Jill Simpson

Jill C. Simpson is a Senior Analyst at NanoMarkets.  Simpson's background is in business development, technical marketing, and commercialization of novel products in electronic materials, with hands-on experience in the scale up and production of inherently conductive polymers, coatings and inks, and flexible inorganic electroluminescent (EL) devices.

Tarun Vemulkar

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