Brief Description
Picoyune replaces complex equipment with reliable, portable, and easy to use devices.
Their first target? Mercury. The company has developed a miniaturized, low-cost mercury sensor and applying it to personal exposure monitoring. The portable device is a good fit for testing in the field as there is no need for heavy lab equipment or carrier gas. It is also a practical mercury monitor for vulnerable artisanal/small-scale gold mining communities.
Inventors
Catherine Koshland, Jeffrey Crosby, Jay James, Donald Lucas
Company Founders
Jay James (UC Berkeley, BS, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering), Jeff Crosby (UC Berkeley, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, 2013, Mechanical Engineering)
Timeline
2013. Company founded