Our Team
LinkedinAligned Carbon was co-founded by CEO, John (J) Provine, PhD. Dr. Provine has over 20 years of experience in nanofabrication beginning with his PhD studies at Cornell University and continuing through the decade-plus he spent as a senior research scientist at Stanford University. Dr. Provine has consulted widely with established companies (eg, Veeco, Bosch) and early stage start-ups (eg, Quantumscape, Spark Thermionics).
"Dr. Yonas Yemane is the Chief Scientific Officer at Aligned Carbon. Dr. Yemane has expertise in nanofabrication and thin film deposition techniques, particularly in atomic layer deposition (ALD). His graduate research focused on the development and use of the world’s first combined in situ scanning probe microscopy and ALD tool. Dr. Yemane received his PhD in Applied Physics and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and his BA from Harvard University."
Prof. Roger Howe of Stanford University is a member of Aligned Carbon’s technical advisory board and is a long-time mentor and collaborator with Prof. Provine. Finally, Daniel Armbrust has served as a strategic advisor to Aligned Carbon since early 2020, and as an independent member of Aligned Carbon’s Board of Directors since mid-2021. Mr. Armbrust is the former CEO of SEMITECH and the co-founder of Silicon Catalyst.
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How it began..
After founding Aligned Carbon, our team began developing a new approach to carbon nanotube (CNT) production, using a scalable manufacturing process that could produce high-quality CNTs with consistent performance characteristics. We recognized the potential of CNTs to revolutionize many industries, but we also knew that existing CNT production methods were not efficient enough to make this a reality.
