Work has started in the bay area. While we are pondering the move, I’ve been shacking up on the bay. A look at the back patio overlooking the Richmond point marina.
Archive for September, 2004Starting on the real nanotechnology crusade, 1 nanometer carbon nanotubes instead of 80 micron electrodes. Should be fun… Here’s the Nanomix website link to the announcement and entry in case they “purge” me… Christian Valcke, Ph.D., Appointed as Nanomix Vice President of Research & Development Emeryville, CA. – September 7, 2004 – Nanomix, Incorporated, today confirmed the appointment of Christian Valcke, Ph.D., as Vice President of Research and Development to lead the company’s research and development activities and product commercialization agenda. In this position, Dr. Valcke will report to David Macdonald, President and CEO of Nanomix. Dr. Valcke has over 17 years experience in commercial research and development including many projects related to FDA regulated diagnostic and drug delivery systems. Born in Belgium, Dr. Valcke obtained his undergraduate degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His professional preparation continued with M.S. in Systems Sciences and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also completed a postdoctoral program in Anesthesiology and an executive management program at UCSD. Dr. Valcke holds a number of publications, patents and awards. His early career was spent developing a closed-loop drug delivery system for pharmacological stress testing. Dr. Valcke’s most recent appointment was as Vice President of Systems Development at Nanogen in San Diego, CA. Prior to this he served as the Director of Biomedical Development, Gensia Automedics in San Diego, CA. “Chris Valcke is a valuable addition to our team at Nanomix,” said David Macdonald. “The combination of his academic training and business experience are an excellent match for Nanomix. Chris brings a tremendous set of scientific, leadership and business skills that are critical as we move the company into product development and commercialization”.
Another year has slipped by. First birthday in a long time without a job! (left Nanogen on Thursday, start new job on Tuesday). Had a great end of summer beach bash with wonderful friends, SoCal weather and some awesome waves.
Today was the last day of my 6 years at Nanogen. Since this is a publicly accessible blog with a publicly traded company, my comments are limited to the appreciation of all the friends, past and present, I have enjoyed at the ngen.
I will have to get used to not seeing Lance every week for the last 8 years, fortunately webcams, IM and blogs will narrow the gap for a while…
It’s Wednesday, Sep 1 and that means first day of school for Nicholas. Entering second grade at Nativity with Ms. Foley. Everyone is very excited! For the Westerlunds it’s second grade for Lance and K for Dane…five more years and Christian will join the ranks.
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