| University of Rochester, PhD | |
| Nuclear Chemistry/Physics |
Dr. Agnihotri is the acting CEO of “Graphene Energy Inc” and “Advanced Hydro Inc”. Before joining the company, he spent 8 years with a technology start-up, “Jordan Valley Semiconductors”, which became #3 in the thin-film metrology market segment and the market leader in x-ray based in-line thin film metrology for semiconductor manufacturing. Dileep worked in the capacity of Director for Marketing and managed various aspects of Technical, Strategic, Products, Technology and Applications marketing. He also ramped up the technical team for worldwide applications and actively participated in the early stage technology development. Prior to Jordan Valley, Dileep worked for another start-up “Amia Laboratories” which was acquired by a larger corporation (Rigaku) in the x-ray field. Dileep has over 10 years of experience in various x-ray technologies and their applications in the semiconductor industry. He played a pioneering role in the introduction of fast x-ray metrologies to semiconductor manufacturing. Prior to semiconductors, Dileep spent 8 years working in the field of Nuclear Chemistry, which involved neutron and charge particle detection technologies and research on fundamental nuclear matter interactions.
Dileep holds a PhD in Nuclear Chemistry/Physics and an MS in Physical Chemistry from the University of Rochester, NY. He also has an MS in Physics from Agra University. Dileep has published over 30 articles and holds nearly half a dozen patents. Dileep’s interests and expertise include new and disruptive technologies, their market potential and commercialization aspects, in particular, for Solar, Nuclear, Semiconductors, Energy storage, X-rays, new Materials for various industries and Detector technologies.
