Nanotech Organizers

Matthew Laudon, Ph.D.

Nanotech Technical Program Co-Chair
NSTI Co-Founder and Nanotechnology Executive Director

Dr. Matthew Laudon is Co-founder and Executive Director of the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) in Cambridge, MA, managing the NSTI's technology and information consulting services. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison working in the Wisconsin Center for Nanotechnology and Synchrotron Radiation Center and has subsequently worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Motorola jointly at Los Alamos National Laboratories and numerous Boston area start-ups in micro and nanotechnologies. He has worked as an engineer, scientist and business developer in smalltechnologies for the last 13 years with over 30 technical publications. He is Chair and Co-creator of the Nanotechnology Conference and Tradeshow (Nanotech 98-04).

Bart Romanowicz, Sc.D.

Nanotech Technical Program Co-Chair
NSTI Co-Founder and Microtechnology Executive Director

Dr. Bart Romanowicz is Co-founder of the Nano Science and Technology Institute and is presently serving as the Executive Director of Microtechnologies for the Nano Science and Technology Institute in Cambridge, MA. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, working in the Microsystems Institute. Dr. Romanowicz was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Microsystems Technology Laboratories, after which, he joined the Microsystems firm Coventor working in MEMS design and consulting services as well as partner relationships. From 2000, he was MEMS team lead with the Boston based Axiowave Networks, Inc. In July 2002, he joined CFD Research Corporation. Dr. Romanowicz has over 30 technical publications primarily in microsystem design, is the author of Methodology for the Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Kluwer (1998), is the co-founder of the Nanotech International Conference and Trade Show and is Managing Editor or Editor in Chief of two journals and two annuals in micro and nano technologies.

Sarah Wenning

Operations Manager
NSTI Co-Founder

Ms. Wenning is Co-founder of the Nano Science and Technology Institute and has served as Operations Manager for all NSTI events since 1997. Ms. Wenning is currently the Operations Department Head with the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute and executive staff member with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Biology & Biotechnology Research Program.