National Graphene Association Director Presents at Graphene Week in Athens, Greece

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker Inspires Collaboration at Worldwide Graphene
Research Conference

ATHENS, Greece & NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#graphene–Graphene Week in Athens, Greece, an international gathering of leading
experts on graphene and two-dimensional materials, is often called
Europe’s most influential graphene conference. Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker,
executive director of the new U.S.-based National
Graphene Association, was there to present on the organization’s
efforts to bring stakeholders together to facilitate the material’s
commercialization.

Organized by the Graphene
Flagship, Graphene Week is designed to present the latest scientific
results and provide networking opportunities among researchers and
product developers. The conference is a main event of the Future &
Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship initiative of the European
Commission, a new partnering model for long-term European collaborative
research in the context of the European Research Area (ERA).

Dr. Jarrahi Cinker met with Nobel Laureate Kostya Novoselov, who
together with Andre Geim won the Nobel Prize for their pioneering
research on graphene.

“We talked about the barriers to graphene innovation, and how the NGA is
poised to help bring the world together to define technology road maps
and initiate global partnerships that will move the industry forward,”
Dr. Jarrahi Cinker said. “We understand there are a lot of challenges,
but we are encouraged by the sense of readiness that exists within this
community for collaboration.”

Dr. Jarrahi Cinker presented at the innovation forum and attended a talk
by Dr. Kari Hjelt, head of innovation for the Graphene Flagship, who
highlighted ways in which product development knowledge can be harvested
from research being done around the world. Hjelt will be the keynote
speaker at the NGA
Graphene Innovation Summit in Nashville October 29-31.

As the executive director of the National Graphene Association, Dr.
Jarrahi Cinker aims to lead the charge on standardization for the
industry. That effort received resounding support from the international
graphene community at Graphene Week.

“The most effective way to do this is by forming close-knit global
alliances and partnerships, so we can bring everyone to the table to
address issues such as standards and the ambiguity in the graphene
supply chain,” she said. “There are many suppliers of graphene and many
products that are already in development and hitting the market soon,
such as thermo-regulating wearables, electronic devices, enhanced
composites and much more. Standardization efforts will pave the way for
faster development of graphene based products.”

For more information on the National Graphene Association or the NGA’s
Graphene Innovation Summit in Nashville October 29-31, please visit www.nationalgrapheneassociation.com.

Contacts

For National Graphene Association
Jay Sheridan, 615-364-5143
[email protected]