Primary Job Title Director of Collaboration Primary Organization 
Lockheed Martin
Location Greater Boston Area, United States, North America Regions East Coast, New England Gender Male
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Brent has become a leading authority on the strategic and tactical aspects of building and managing a large nanotechnology-based intellectual property portfolio, through his work in overseeing Nantero’s 100+ patent applications, of which over 45 have been granted. He is often asked to speak at industry events on the topic. Brent also pioneered the
development of Nantero's Government Business Unit, which grew into a leading provider of carbon nanotube-based products and services to the US Government and then was acquired by Lockheed Martin in 2008.
Brent previously ran laboratory operations at Metaprobe LLC, where he was a Research Chemist. He was previously a Research Associate at Nycomed Salutar, Inc., and received his PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University. He has published frequently in a variety of prestigious academic journals. He is Chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts at Lowell and University of New Hampshire. He is frequently invited to speak at conferences and seminars such as COMDEX, NANOTECH 2006/7 and the annual National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). He is a graduate of Reed College, with a degree in Biochemistry
