Aerosol Devices Inc. Founded in 2014

Aerosol Devices Inc. was founded in 2014 in Fort Collins, Colorado by two professional women in aerosols. Our primary goal is to bring to market advanced aerosol collector technology developed by Dr. Susanne Hering and her creative team of scientists at Aerosol Dynamics Inc. (Berkeley, CA). Over the past five years, research prototypes were developed to collect uninterrupted, time-resolved, concentrated samples of ambient aerosol particles in the field for chemical analysis in the lab. Recently a collection module has been developed to efficiently deposit particles into liquid forming concentrated particle suspensions. Variations of the collector prototypes are used in creating colloidal particle concentration standards, studying combustion soot particles, purifying protein samples, and much more.

A grant from the National Institutes of Health (1 RC3 ES019081-01) funded the collector development. Please check out the Reference section to read more about the early development, performance, and field sampling results.

Both of the company’s founders, Ms. Pat Keady and Dr. Susanne Hering, are past Presidents of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) and leaders in the field with numerous aerosol measurement patents and publications. With a strong business and engineering background, Ms. Keady serves as the company CEO/President. Dr. Hering contributes as a technical adviser to the company while continuing her role as President of Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a very successful and well-respected R&D firm.

Aerosol particle collector technology is licensed from Aerosol Dynamics Inc. with U.S. Patents #6712881, #7736421, #8801838, German Patent #10392241, and Japanese Patent #5908475. Other patents pending.

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