XlynX Materials is a world leader in the small but growing field of materials-based diazirine chemistry.
Meet some of the team who are making it happen.
Peter Berrang
Co-Founder / Co-Owner
Peter Berrang is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and run multiple successful companies on Vancouver Island. With a background in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, Peter holds over 30 patents in a broad array of disciplines including magnetics, fiber optics, semiconductor lasers, neural implants, chemical structures, and high strength fabrics.
Dr. Jeremy Wulff
Co-Founder / Co-Owner / Scientific Advisor
Dr. Jeremy Wulff is a Full Professor in the Chemistry department at the University of Victoria. Dr. Wulff holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Bioactive Small Molecule Synthesis and supervises a team of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows carrying out research on a broad spectrum of chemistry-related disciplines. The invention of the first universal crosslinking reagents for polymers (Science 2019) initiated Dr. Wulff’s collaboration with XlynX Materials and he continues to play a critical role as Scientific Advisor to the company.
Sean Bourquin
Director of Strategy
Sean Bourquin is an entrepreneur with a passion for solving problems that make the world a better place. Previously the CEO & Founder of First Light Technologies, a solar powered LED lighting products company based out of Victoria, BC, Sean is driven to introducing XlynX’s innovative crosslinking technology to the world.
Dr. Stefania F. Musolino
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Stefania Musolino is a passionate and exceptional synthetic organic chemist, with a PhD in chemistry from the University of St Andrews, UK, and a MSc in chemistry and pharmaceutical technologies from the University of Pisa, Italy. Stefania leads BondLynx process production and optimization, and she carries out multiple R&D projects for new crosslinking materials. She is an expert in her field with extensive experience in the design, synthesis, and testing of novel crosslinking diazirine materials from her post-doctoral work at the University of Victoria.
Stefania has multiple publications and patents on the design and synthesis of diazirine-based molecules, including the development of BondLynx Gen-III, PlastiLynx, SteriLynx, and more innovative crosslinking materials to come.
Dr. Rashid Nazir
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Rashid Nazir obtained his Ph.D. from the Warsaw University of Technology in 2015. He spent several years as a researcher in Warsaw, Hong Kong, St. Gallen, and Victoria, adding many publications and patents to his track record. His research interests are mainly focused on the synthesis of initiators, flame-retardant additives and crosslinkers, functional dyes, polymers, organic-functional dyes and pH-sensitive gels.
Mary McFarland
Director of Business Development
Mary McFarland brings a combination of science and business experience to her role as Director of Business Development with XlynX Materials. She holds an MSc in Chemistry and an MBA, and has worked in research and development, sales and marketing, administration, and as a CEO in such diverse fields as paints and adhesives, oceanography, medical devices, e-business, and program management.
Dr. Ian Booth
Senior Research Scientist
Ian Booth is an exceptional research physicist who began his career early, graduating with at BSc at the age of 17. A subsequent PhD in Physics led to work as a university lecturer and a fibre optics R&D scientist, and to running his own consulting practice, Autonetics Research Associates.
Ian holds multiple patents, the most recent in the field of carbon chemistry. He is the primary developer of XlynX’s graphane production process.