Stefan Pastine
Stefan Pastine is an American scientist, inventor and a materials entrepreneur.[1] He is the founder of Connora Technologies, a company that developed recyclable thermoset polymers that was acquired in 2019[2] and Thintronics Inc., a company developing advanced materials for the electronics industry.[3]
Education
Pastine earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry from Columbia University, focusing his research on carbon-hydrogen activation methodologies for complex organic synthesis. He conducted postdoctoral research in organic materials science at UC Berkeley under Professor Jean Fréchet working on projects involving the conversion of light to work, responsive materials, and nanotechnology. In 2010, he was part of a team awarded an R&D 100 Award for their work on recyclable composite materials.[4]
Career
In 2011 Pastine founded Connora Technologies to commercialize recyclable thermoset epoxy resins. The company developed a technology, branded Recyclamine,[5] that used cleavable amine hardeners to allow thermoset plastics and composite materials (e.g., containing carbon fiber or fiberglass) to be broken down and their components recovered for recycling.
The recyclable thermoset technology was named one of the year's top ten emerging technologies by the World Economic Forum in 2015.[6] Connora Technologies was acquired by Aditya Birla Chemicals in 2019.[7] The technology has been applied in the manufacture of recyclable wind turbine blades by Siemens Gamesa[1].
Thintronics
In 2019 Pastine founded Thintronics Inc.[8] The company focuses on developing dielectric materials designed to reduce signal loss and improve performance in printed circuit boards (PCBs) and semiconductors for high-frequency applications.[9] The company's target applications include high-speed computing, AI, and GPU technologies, mobile devices and networking applications.[10] [11]
In September 2023, Thintronics was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation.[12] The company raised $20 million in a Series A funding round in March 2024, with an extension in August 2024 that included investment firms M Ventures and TG Ventures.[13][14] The company is based in Alameda, California.
References
- ↑ O Donnell, James (April 11, 2024). "This US startup makes a crucial chip material and is taking on a Japanese giant". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ↑ Tulio, Alexander (19 September 2019). "Connora Technologies: A first-ever route to recyclable composites". C&EN. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ Hettinga, Wisse (March 22, 2024). "US startup makes a crucial chip material". eeNews Europe. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Berkeley Lab Wins Four 2010 R&D 100 Awards". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory News Center. July 8, 2010. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gardner, Ginger. "Recyclable epoxy proven in HP-RTM". Composites World. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ↑ Meyerson, Bernard (1 March 2015). "Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015" (PDF). World Economic Forum MetaCouncil. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ↑ "Aditya Birla Chemicals Acquires Recyclable Thermoset Technology from Connora Technologies". July 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Home". Thintronics. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ↑ Buetow, Mike (November 5, 2020). "California Startup Says It Has Answer to High-Density, Ultra-Thin Designs". Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ↑ Pastine, Stefan (July 11, 2025). "Beyond Moore's Law: We Need To Rethink Materials For The New Computing Era". EE Times. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ↑ Pastine, Stefan (June 24, 2024). "AI's electricity demand is a challenge utilities can't ignore, but subsidies could drive 'massive' load growth". Utility Dive. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
- ↑ "SBIR Awards". sbir.gov. June 17, 2024. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Thintronics Inc. Closes $23M Series A Financing Round Led by Maverick Capital and Translink Capital". Yahoo Finance. April 29, 2024.
- ↑ Buntz, Brian (August 13, 2024). "Thintronics secures Series A extension to advance high-performance insulators for next-gen electronics". R&D World Online. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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