Halkin is delighted to welcome Professor Oren Scherman and Dr Kamil Sokolowski of Kodiaq Technologies Ltd, an innovative spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University.
Oren is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Kodiaq Technologies Ltd., a deep-tech start-up based in Cambridge.
He is a Director of the Melville Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, a member of the board for SABIC IP and co-founder of Aqdot, a successful spin-out from the University of Cambridge. Oren is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Kodiaq Technologies Limited, a deep-tech start-up based in Cambridge, where he leads the company’s scientific strategy and vision along with Kodiaq’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Dr Kamil Sokolowski. He is also Professor of Supramolecular and Polymer Chemistry and the Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. Oren is a world-recognised expert and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of the American Chemical Society and Editorial Advisory Member of the journals Giant,Organic Materials, and Chem, frequently publishing in the most prestigious scientific journals. He has received numerous prestigious awards.
Kamil is the co-founder and CTO of Kodiaq Technologies. He leads the research and development of Kodiaq’s technology, bringing over fifteen years of experience in electron transfer processes and materials science, including a decade specialising in molecular electron acceptors. Thriving in the dynamic Cambridge innovation ecosystem he works alongside a team of experienced scientists and seasoned professionals to spearhead initiatives to bring Kodiaq’s technologies to the market.
Kamil holds a PhD in physical chemistry from the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. He later moved to Cambridge as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow to join the Melville Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge University, where he worked closely with Oren Scherman on electronic materials and processes. These joint research efforts paved the way for the discoveries that became the foundation of Kodiaq’s technology.