Biography:

Dan Lee, CEO, is intent on translating new chemistry to industrial manufacturing for a more sustainable future. Dan worked in oil and gas, on process chemistry and reliability teams doing root cause analysis of failures and mitigating the biggest threats to site production. He also has a PhD in molecular engineering from the University of Washington and did a chemistry post-doc at Stanford University. Dan is experienced and passionate about mentoring and team building. He has experience coaching volleyball and collegiate policy debate. He is also an inventor of Perseus’ core manufacturing technology.

About Perseus Materials: 

Build bigger, simpler. Directly fabricating large components on-site minimizes transport and assembly labor, forever simplifying construction and supply chains. But realizing that future requires new materials that are strong, low-cost, and can be manufactured with unprecedented speed and reliability. Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPs) have untapped potential for building big because unlike metals, their properties and processing are independent of each other. FRP processing can be hacked by innovations in resin chemistry. Perseus, established 2022, is a start-up out of Stanford University that uses proprietary resin chemistry for on-site manufacturing of oversize high-performance FRPs for buildings, bridges, wind turbines, and other applications in infrastructure and energy. We work closely with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and have support from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and ARPA-e.