Mason Wolak
Director, Capacitor Film Development
Mason is leading a team of engineering professionals toward the successful commercial launch of the world’s first nanolayered polymer capacitor film. He leads the daily operations of the Peak Nano capacitor film team overseeing film extrusion and production scheduling, metrology, customer technical interactions, capacitor prototyping, and government program interactions.
Wolak joined Peak Nano from the US Naval Research Laboratory, where he was the Head of the Optical Nanomaterials section within the Optical Sciences division. He has a diverse materials science background with experience in polymer physics and nanostructured polymer dielectrics, advanced electron microscopies, organic synthesis and organic electronics, design and synthesis of high temperature optical polymers, and synthesis and processing of nanostructured ceramic materials.
Mason is a recipient of the Navy’s 2021 Delores Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award for his work leading a group of researchers on the design of biomimetic quantum dot SARS-CoV-2 pseudo-virions for tracking COVID19 biochemical interactions in human cells. Additionally, he received the Naval Research Laboratory’s Technology Transition Award in 2016 for his foundational work on nanolayered polymer dielectrics.
Mason is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Cornell University, a PhD in chemistry from Syracuse University, and completed post-doctoral studies at the Naval Research Lab as a National Research Council Fellow. He has published over 40 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals, holds 6 patents, and has given over 75 scientific and technical presentations at various national and international conferences and government reviews.