UbiQD CEO and leadership

Hunter McDaniel is Founder and CEO of UbiQD, an advanced materials company powering product innovation in controlled-environment agriculture. Hunter earned a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, before joining Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Chemistry Division. He founded UbiQD, Inc. in 2014, and the company has raised more than $10M, employs 16 full time. Their first product, UbiGro, is a layer of light that uses fluorescence to help plants get more from the sun in a greenhouse. Ultimately the value proposition is about boosting crop yields and quality without the cost or energy impact of lighting. Hunter has more than fifty publications and patents, and more than 2000 total citations, h-index: 20. Hunter fundamentally believes that novel materials underpin every significant technology advancement, and he is focused on leveraging new materials to have a lasting and sustainable impact.

Matthew Bergren is a Chief Product Officer at UbiQD and Board Of Directors at New Mexico Energy Manufacturing Institute and is based in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He has worked as Director of Applied Physics at UbiQD, IBS Research Fellow at Sungkyunkwan University, and Graduate Research Assistant at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Visitors Center. Matthew studied at Colorado School of Mines between 2009 and 2014 and Colorado School of Mines between 2005 and 2010.

Hunter McDaniel is Founder and CEO of UbiQD, an advanced materials company powering product innovation in controlled-environment agriculture. Hunter earned a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, before joining Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Chemistry Division. He founded UbiQD, Inc. in 2014, and the company has raised more than $10M, employs 16 full time. Their first product, UbiGro, is a layer of light that uses fluorescence to help plants get more from the sun in a greenhouse. Ultimately the value proposition is about boosting crop yields and quality without the cost or energy impact of lighting. Hunter has more than fifty publications and patents, and more than 2000 total citations, h-index: 20. Hunter fundamentally believes that novel materials underpin every significant technology advancement, and he is focused on leveraging new materials to have a lasting and sustainable impact.

Matthew Bergren is a Chief Product Officer at UbiQD and Board Of Directors at New Mexico Energy Manufacturing Institute and is based in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He has worked as Director of Applied Physics at UbiQD, IBS Research Fellow at Sungkyunkwan University, and Graduate Research Assistant at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Visitors Center. Matthew studied at Colorado School of Mines between 2009 and 2014 and Colorado School of Mines between 2005 and 2010.