Chris Storment

Chris Storment has over 40 years of experience engaging in many phases of research and development ranging from consulting, to small startups, to large commercial and governmental enterprises. His expertise spans Chemistry, Materials Science, Thin Films, Polymers, Electrochemistry, Photochemistry, Spectroscopy and Surface Analytical Methods.  A subject matter expert at Medtronic for corrosion analysis, surface analytical methods, and metallographic cross-sectional analysis. Femto-sec laser ablation micromachining, selective gas phase etching of metals using XeF2, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of metals and oxides onto complex 3D nanostructures. Equipment design and construction for plasma etchers, plasma CVD systems, vacuum physical vapor deposition tools, electropolishing, electrodeposition systems. Hands on knowledge of all of the fabrication processes for Si and GaAs circuits, MEMS sensors and actuators. Cofounder of three startups companies. He is an accomplished hands-on inventor with over 15 US patents in disciplines ranging from implantable medical devices, electrochemical sensors and integrated circuit processing equipment. Coauthor of 17 peer-reviewed journal publications and 24 refereed conference papers.

Chris earned a BS in Chemistry from UC Riverside and an MS Materials Sciences from University of Southern California