About Our Team
Paul Todd, PhD.
Partner Dr. Paul W. Todd provides technical leadership and is a recognized expert in the field of bioseparations and cell technology. His CV includes over 300 scientific articles in cell biophysics, biochemistry, and chemical engineering, including authorship of a textbook in bioprocessing. Dr. Todd’s career is a combination of service in both industry and academia, including director of the Bioprocessing and Pharmaceutical Research Center in Philadelphia and professorships at Penn State and the University of Colorado.
Dr. Todd has served as Techshot’s Chief Scientist and has been the principal investigator on a number of SBIR grants funded by DoD, NASA, NIH, and NSF. Dr. Todd holds a BA degree from Bowdoin College, SB from MIT, MS from the University of Rochester, and PhD in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Stuart K. Williams II, Ph.D.
Adviser Dr. Stuart Williams received his Ph.D. in cell biology from the University of Delaware, followed by postdoctoral training in pathology at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Williams’ research interests have focused on medical devices, regenerative medicine and infection control. He developed and patented the first methods to use fat-derived stem cells for therapeutic use. He has maintained continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health since 1979.
Dr. Williams has authored over 300 scientific publications. His entrepreneurial spirit has resulted in 16 issued US patents with numerous patents pending. He has founded three biotechnology companies, maintained active managerial positions and has been an active consultant to the medical device and pharmaceutical community. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
Thomas R. Hanley, Ph.D.
Partner Thomas R. Hanley provides technical support in the areas of reactive mixing, computational fluid dynamics and bioseparations. A professor of chemical engineering at Auburn University, he holds a B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. degrees in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA in management from Wright State.
Past positions include provost and vice president for academic affairs at Auburn University, dean of engineering at the University of Louisville, and chair of chemical engineering at Florida State University/Florida A&M. He has directed contracts and grants totaling over $3.5 million and over 75 student research projects, including 18 Ph. D. dissertations and 28 master’s theses. He is the author of over 90 papers and over 285 presentations. He served on the Board of Directors of Plasticolors, Inc., the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the AIChE Foundation, the American Association of Engineering Societies, the Louisville/Jefferson County Redevelopment Authority, Innovative Productivity, Inc., the Kentucky State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and the Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce. He was a board member of the Louisville Advanced Technology Council for five years, serving as Board President in 1996. He served the National Science Foundation on the Divisional Advisory Committee for Biological and Critical Systems and the Divisional Advisory Committee for Chemical, Biochemical, and Thermal Engineering.