Jon R. Askim
Chief Technology Officer
Previous Organizations
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Postdoctoral Fellowship
12/2016 - 12/2018
Chemistry
University of Illinois. Urbana, IL, USA
Postdoctoral
7/2015 - 12/2016
Chemistry
University of Illinois. Urbana, IL, USA
Ph.D.
7/2015
Chemistry
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA
B.Sc
7/2007
Chemistry
Appointments and Positions
CTO, Iridescent Sensors Inc., Champaign, IL, USA - 2022 - present
Senior Scientist, Sensill Inc., Pasadena, CA, USA - 2021-2022
Independent Consultant, Vancouver, WA, USA - 2018-2021
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, IL, USA - 2016-2018
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA - 2008-2015
Activities
2022 – CTO, Iridescent Sensors Inc., Champaign, IL. Commercialization and transfer of optoelectronic nose technology for nonmedical applications.
2021 - Senior Scientist, Sensill Inc., Pasadena, CA. Commercialization and transfer of portable chemical sensor technology for medical applications.
Products
Suslick, K.S.; Askim, J. R. "Portable device for colorimetric or fluorimetric analysis, and method of conducting colorimetric or fluorimetric analysis" U.S. Patent No. 10,539,508 B2 2015 June 9 (granted 2021 January 21). https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/applications/15317840
Askim, J. R.; Suslick, K.S. "Hand-Held Reader for Colorimetric Sensor Arrays" Analytical Chemistry 2015, 87, 7810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01499
Li, Z. Askim, J. R.; Suslick, K. S. "The Optoelectronic Nose: Colorimetric and Fluorometric Sensor Arrays" Chemical Reviews 2019, 119, 1, 231-292. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00226
Askim, J. R.; Li, Z.; Rankin, J. M.; LaGasse, M. K.; Suslick, K. S. "An Optoelectronic Nose for Explosives Detection" Chemical Science 2016, 7, 199. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC02632F
Zhang, Q.*; Rankin, J. M.*; Zhang, Y.; Askim, J. R.; LaGasse, M. K.; Suslick, K.S. "Solvatochromic sensor array for the identification of common organic solvents" Analyst 2015, 140, 2613. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4an02253j