Dr. Loutfy has been leading MER's effort on the production and application development of fullerenes and nanotubes for the last 10 years, and as results in 1999, MER entered into a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and Research Corporation Technology (RCT) forming Fullerene International Corporation (FIC) for the commercialization of Fullerenes.

Diploma Business Administration, McGill University, 1976
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry/Electrochemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1971
M.Sc. Solid State, American University, 1966
B.Sc. Applied Chemistry, Cairo University, 1964

999 – Present COO, FIC Corporation, New York, New York Responsible for the technical aspect of the commercialization of fullerene and carbon nano-materials. This includes incubating and developing technologies, identifying technologies and companies with technologies, assessing technical merit, and performing preliminary financial analysis of the business opportunities.

1985 – Present President, MER Corporation, Tucson, Arizona Responsible for developing advanced programs and technologies, managing research and development group, contract administration and financial responsibilities. Produced SiC whiskers, SiC Fibers, ceramic-ceramic composites, advanced lithium-ion battery technology, low cost bipolar plates for fuel cell. Lead a group to develop scale-up production of fullerenes, and applications development.

1986 - 1988 President, Keramont Research Corp., Tucson. AZ Responsible for building the infrastructure (equipment, personnel, and projects) for advanced materials research organization with emphasis on electronic ceramics, aluminum nitride substrates reinforcements (SiCw, SiCf and TiB2w) and composites (ceramic-ceramic, and metal-ceramic. and intermetallics ceramic).

1981 - 1985 Research Advisor, ARCO Metals/ARCO Chemical Company, Tucson. AZ Major responsibility in the development of advanced technology to produce primary light metals and advanced materials, and to provide company-wide support in area of expertise. These efforts result, amongst others, in a commercial plant for the production of high purity alumina.

1977–1981 Group Leader, Chemical Eng. Div., Argonne National Laboratory, IL The major responsibility, as a group leader of the Electrolytic Technology Research Group, was to develop and implement a plan for the electrochemical technology for energy and resource saving. This was achieved by supporting and conducting research and development to improve industrial processes and identifying and developing new concepts of low energy alternative technologies. A second responsibility is the technical management of contracts in the electrolytic area and contracts for developing batteries for load-leveling applications.

Dr. Loutfy has been leading MER's effort on the production and application development of fullerenes and nanotubes for the last 10 years, and as results in 1999, MER entered into a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and Research Corporation Technology (RCT) forming Fullerene International Corporation (FIC) for the commercialization of Fullerenes. As a result of the overwhelming interest and the near term application potential of fullerenes and nanotubes, the President of Mitsubishi Corporation announced the creation of a $100 million fund to commercialize fullerene-based nanotechnology. This fund will be managed by the joint venture of which Dr. Loutfy is a board member

Dr. Loutfy co-authored a book on fullerenes, contributed a chapter to the encyclopedia of technology on fullerene hydride, contributed 12 chapters to the Proceedings of International Fullerenes Workshop 2001 Tokyo, Kluwer Academic Publishers, and published over 100-reviewed article. He has been quoted in New York Times (April 19, 2000 issue), NASA Tech Brief June 2000, Fortune Magazine (June 2001 issue), RedHerring July 18 2001, Smalltimes Nov 8 2001, Chemical week Dec 12 2001, and Smalltimes July 2002 for his vision for scale up and applications development of fullerenes and nanotubes. Dr. Loutfy has been invited speaker promoting nanocarbon Technology in ASM Material Solution 2001, Nanotechplanet Boston November 2001, Nagano ISNC November 2001, IBF Nanotechnology Investing Forum -- Palm Springs February 2002, Kyoto Industry Meets on Nano-Technology March 2002, Nanotechplanet, San Jose May 2002, and Nanotechplanet Asia, Singapore June 2002

Dr. Loutfy has received three R&D 100 Awards; in addition, he has won the prestigious National Tibbetts award in 1998 and 2001 for outstanding contribution to the commercialization of technologies from the SBIR programs.