54. William Morris (NuMat) on metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

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Activation Energy

Selma Duhovic

54 episodes

2 days ago

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54. William Morris (NuMat) on metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

Activation Energy

36 minutes 34 seconds

2 months ago

54. William Morris (NuMat) on metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

William Morris of NuMat talks about metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for filtration, separation, and storage of gases, as well as about his journey helping spin out a startup from Northwestern University. Bryce Meredig joins as co-host.

OUTLINE

(00:00) Introduction
(00:53) Career path
(05:29) NuMat’s origin
(06:10) Metal organic frameworks (MOFs)
(10:39) Market opportunity
(12:16) Partnership models
(14:35) Invention to commercialization
(16:48) Partnership with Merck
(17:32) Technoeconomics
(20:39) Market pull
(23:07) Market research and customer discovery process
(27:08) Challenges
(31:46) Culture and team dynamics
(33:48) Vision for NuMat