Seth Coe-Sullivan, PhD, is co-founder, board member, Chief Executive Officer, and President of NS Nanotech, Inc. a spin-out of University of Michigan based on technology developed by Professor Zetian Mi. Until 2019 he was Chief Technology Officer of Luminit LLC, where he led growth and new product introduction from both the research and development and business development direction. While there he launched the world’s first volume holographic combiner product for augmented reality displays, procuring first customers, completing development, and setting up manufacturing.

Before joining Luminit, Seth was co-founder, member of the Board of Directors, and Chief Technology Officer of QD Vision, which was acquired by Samsung. He also currently advises several start-up companies in their early technology development phases. Coe-Sullivan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005, and Sc.B from Brown University in 1999.

He has authored numerous papers, patents, and patents pending in the fields of light emitting devices, quantum dots, displays, and environmental health and safety. Dr. Coe-Sullivan has received many industry awards including Technology Review Magazine’s TR35 Award, BusinessWeek’s top young entrepreneurs, Wall Street Journal’s Innovation Award, the SEMI Award for North America, and the Presidential Green Chemistry Award. Most recently he received the Society for Information Display’s Peter Brody Award for his pioneering work bringing quantum dot technology to market and was named a fellow of the Society.