Primary Job Title CEO Primary Organization 
Dioxide Materials
Location Boca Raton, Florida, United States Regions Greater Miami Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male Also Known As Richard Masel, Professor Masel, Dr Masel, R. I. Masel, Masel
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Professor Rich Masel is Dioxide Materials’ Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Rich Retired from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University Of Illinois, Urbana Champaign in June 2010 after being on the faculty for 32 years. He has a distinguished publication record with over 250 peer reviewed journal publications, 400
conference papers, two textbooks, 22 issued patents and has multiple patents pending. Rich has an h-index of 60 and is listed in HighlyCited as publishing papers that have had the most impact since 2000.
Prior to founding Dioxide Materials, Rich helped found Tekion, a developer of fuel cells for portable electronics and Cbana Laboratories a homeland security company. Both are now independent companies with professional management. Rich played a key role in each company in four ways: leading initial technology development; developing Fortune 500 partners; helping to hire management and fundraising. These two companies raised approximately $5 million of grant funding and about $30 million of VC and Angel financing. From 1996-1999 Rich was CEO of Masel Industrieslaunching hundreds of new products and leading to the acquisition of Masel Industries by a major customer.
