Our People

Nanoscience Team

Who is Nanoscience Instruments?

We are a hard-working, dedicated team with roots in science, engineering, instrumentation, and application development. Our account managers and applications team work closely together to support our future customers with advice in instrumentation selection, installation, training, and service. We are passionate about solutions and helping you with break-through innovations.

We combine our expertise in instrumentation for microscopy and surface science investigations with real-world solutions. Our goals are to partner with the most innovative instrument manufacturers and to help scientists and engineers solve complex problems around the world.

Executive Team

Mark Flowers

Co-Chief Executive Officer​

Dr. Sebastian Kossek

Co-Chief Executive Officer​

Shawn Beckman

Chief Financial Officer

Jim Nicholson

Chief Operating Officer

Directors

Scott Foust

Director of Operations and Service
Ben Garland

Ben Garland

Director of Sales

Dr. Vince Pastore

Director of Applications

Dr. Matthew Dixon

Director of Business Development

Dr. Saju Nettikadan

Director of Marketing

Dr. Jacqueline Harding

Laboratory Director

Sales Team

Electron Microscopy Group

Tom Powers

Account Manager
Automated SEM

Dr. Matt M. Jobbins

Account Manager
Northeast USA

Dr. Jining Xie

Account Manager
Mid-Atlantic USA

Steve Nagy

Account Manager
North Central USA

William Podrazky

Account Manager
Great Lakes USA

Dominic Dominguez

Account Manager
Southwest USA

Cliff Mathisen

Account Manager
Eastern USA

Jordan Kone

Account Manager
South Central USA

Herbert Tang

Account Manager
Pacific Northwest USA

Nanomaterials & interfaces (NMI) Group

Varkey Purathur

Account Manager
Central USA

Dr. Vincent Ovalle

Account Manager
Western USA

Greg Wills

Account Manager
East Coast USA

Kris Howard

Account Manager

Dalton Echard

Account Manager
Xplore Instruments

Inside sales team

Mary Rasmussen-Berry

Inside Sales and Office Administrator

LeAnn Sherwood

Inside Sales Assistant

Jennifer Anderson

Executive Office Manager
Cheryl Krist

Cheryl Krist

Office Assistant

Applications

Dr. Archana Jaiswal

Product Manager
QSense

Dr. Francisco J. Chaparro

Senior Product Manager
Fluidnatek, Spinbox

Ben Abraham

Product Manager
Automated SEM

Mitch Lightner

Product Manager

Dr. Cole Farnam

Product Manager

Dr. Emily Lentz

Product Manager

Dr. Hannah A. Lacy

Materials and Application Scientist

Dr. Alex Couturier

Materials and Application Scientist

Dr. Michael Stoller

Application Scientist

Bob Ashley

Application Scientist

Ronald Allen

Application Scientist

Dr. Will Burnett

Application Scientist

Analytical Team

Dr. Aida Shahrokhian

Senior Materials Scientist

Tim Plona

Materials Scientist II

Micheal Erb

Materials Scientist I

Ryan Helt

Materials Scientist I

Carolin Barnes

Research Associate

Russell Kramer

Materials Scientist I

Service

Kevin B. Durkin

Service Operations Manager

Adam Dixon

Service Manager

Jose Estudillo

Assistant Service Manager

Imar Uriostegui

Assistant Service Manager

Evan Johnson

Service Coordinator

Colt Murray

TEM Application Engineer
Ken Egan

Ken Egan

Service Engineer

Luis Fernandez

Service Engineer

Seth Owen

Service Engineer

Matt Feyereisen

Service Engineer

Richard Tari-Murphy

Service Engineer

Enrique Gonzalez

Service Engineer

Caleb Noble

Service Engineer

Richard Uriostegui

Service Engineer

Melissa Wood

Service Engineer

Kevin King

Service Engineer

Operations

Nick A. Moore

Customer Success Manager

Lori Greenawalt

Supply Chain Specialist III

Kevin Matusek

Supply Chain Specialist

Gerardo Rivera

Logistics and Service Associate

Graham Oman

Order Management Manager

Finance & HR

Elena Flowers

Financial Controller

Usha Thakrar

Accounting and HR Specialist

Sarah Adams-Keate

HR Manager

IT & CRM

Kevin Schwab

IT Manager

Kai Flowers

IT Administrator

Miguel Uriostegui

IT and Facilities Support

Mike Rienzo

CRM and Database Administrator

Marketing

Joe S. Grech

Events Manager
Isabella Germinario

Isabella Germinario

Customer Success Manager

Carlie Luckenbill

Graphic Designer

Alejandra Gomez

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Jalen Rivers

Marketing Administrative Assistant

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Dr. Sebastian Kossek

Co-Chief Executive Officer | Cofounder

As cofounder at Nanoscience Instruments, Sebastian is responsible for sales, business development and supplier relationships. He has leveraged his technical expertise in surface science & nanotechnology, and entrepreneurial business background to guide and support newcomers to the nanotechnology industry.

After finishing his Ph.D. in Switzerland, he moved to Phoenix and joined an Atomic Force microscope manufacturer and Arizona State University. From 2000 – 2004, he was Chief Science Officer of a Biotechnology Company in Rockville, MD.

He received his Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Freiburg and his Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry from the Laboratory of Micro-and Nanostructures at the Paul Scherrer Institute and the University of Bern.

Mark Flowers

Co-Chief Executive Officer | Cofounder

As cofounder at Nanoscience Instruments, Mark has played a pivotal role in growing the company from its early inception to the dynamic and successful organization it is today. Mark’s strategic vision is the culmination of over 25 years of experience in both technical marketing and sales combined with his academic experience in scientific instrumentation.

From his global marketing experience at multiple scanning probe microscope manufacturers, he’s developed and implemented a successful marketing program targeted to very sophisticated research customers.

Mark obtained a B.S. in physics and continued afterward in the Physics graduate program at Arizona State University.

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