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