Our Team

Stephen R. Forrest is CEO of Heat2Power and the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he also holds professorships in Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Materials Science and Engineering. A globally recognized pioneer in organic electronics and optoelectronics, he has authored over 658 papers and holds 408 U.S. patents, with his innovations including the invention of phosphorescent OLEDs. Prof. Forrest is a member of several national academies, co-founder of multiple tech companies, and recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal.

Andrej Lenert is a Co-Founder of Heat2Power and its Chief Scientific Officer. He is also an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he leads the LE3 lab. Andrej is an active member of the heat transfer and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) communities. He is a recipient of the Henry Russel Award (Univ. of Michigan), the Career Award (National Science Foundation), the LaMarca Energy Award (Univ. of Michigan), and the Global Visiting Professor Award (TUM, Germany).

Greg Olsen was the third private citizen to travel to the International Space Station (ISS). After an illustrious career as a research scientist and entrepreneur, Greg is now president of GHO Ventures in Princeton, NJ, an “angel” investments firm. Greg received his BS Physics (1966), BSEE and MS Physics (1968) from Fairleigh Dickinson University, then was awarded a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Virginia (1971). Greg founded EPITAXX, a fiber-optic detector manufacturer in 1984 and it was sold in 1990 for $12 million. He then founded Sensors Unlimited, a near-infrared camera manufacturer in 1992 with Marshall Cohen. Sensors was sold to Finisar Corp. for $600 million in 2000, repurchased by the management team in 2002 for $6 million, and then sold again to Goodrich, Corp. in 2005 for $60 million.

John T. Preston is founder of TEM Capital and Science Advisor for Quadrant Management. Most of Mr. Preston’s career (30 years) was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.I.T., where he was the Director of Technology Development (and Licensing). In that capacity he was responsible for the commercialization of intellectual property developed at M.I.T. and oversaw activities that led to the creation of hundreds of new technology-based companies as well as the negotiation of thousands of licenses with existing companies.