Christopher Own

About Christopher Own

I develop tools that catalyze new technologies and that promote improvement of the human…

Experience

1. CEO

   Voxa Co

   Apr 2012 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Voxa was founded to transform analytical nanoscale imaging. Nano-imaging is a key component of the technology development chain supporting broad industries including microchips, drug therapies, and surgical implants. Voxa\'s engineering and support teams are committed to bringing this technology to a broader base of scientists, engineers, educators & learners, and the public to unlock the nano-world.Voxa\'s award-winning Mochii \"S\" is the world\'s first field-portable electron microscope, able to take sophisticated laboratory analyses including chemical identification into new and extreme environments, including outer space. Mochii has arrived at the ISS to help detect crew and vehicle mission threats and perform novel microgravity science, and is the first instrument of its kind in space. Mochii will serve as part of the backbone of services as part of the ISS National Laboratory and is a research platform for exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Voxa also produces high-accessibility automated industrial imaging systems that push the limits of collaboration, acquisition speed, and data size, customized for transformative science. Voxa\'s solutions cover high-resolution and high-throughput imaging, sample preparation, and automation for customers around the world including in energy, neuroscience, medicine, and aerospace.

Skills

• Electron Optics
• Start-Ups
• Analytical Equipment
• Program Management
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Materials
• Nanotechnology
• R&D
• Physics
• Optics
• Materials Science
• Electron Microscopy
• Thin Films
• Characterization
• Electrical Engineering
• Tem
• Mechanical Engineering
• Research and Development (R
• Nanomaterials
• Mechanical Testing
• Software Engineering