Christopher Turner, PhD

Chief Science Officer

For the past decade and a half, Dr. Chris Turner has worked with Prof. Kaner, researching and developing superhard, refractory metals, coordinating fundamental research with industrial applications.

Chris has also designed, engineered, and fabricated equipment and devices for various industries; however, the production of industry competitive sintered “Ceramic Metallic Composites” for real-world applications has been his primary focus.

His graduate efforts resulted in contributions towards a few dozen papers and in his time with SuperMetalix he has numerous US and international patents on novel metal borides and their uses in industry for applications ranging from super-abrasives, wear surfaces, machine tools for metal working, to neutron shielding. His research on superhard materials has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Physical Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Journal of the American Chemical Society, in addition to others.

He received his PhD. in Materials Chemistry from UCLA in 2016 under the direction of Prof. Ric Kaner, and he continues his research and development of novel materials and applications with Supermetalix, Inc. while coordinating ramping up production for pilot-scale capacity.