Meet Our Coating Experts

Dr. David Smith

As our Research and Development Manager at SilcoTek, Dr. David Smith is essential to SilcoTek’s past and future successes. He holds a Ph. D. in Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University where...

Dr. Shaylee Becerra

Dr. Shaylee Becerra is a member of SilcoTek's Research and Development team. Before attending graduate school, she worked as a Process Engineer in the consumer goods (home care/beauty) industry,...

Jim Mattzela

Jim earned his master's degree in Applied Physics from DePaul University. He went on to earn a PhD ABD in Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He has completed...

Dr. Jesse Bischof

Dr. Jesse Bischof spent some time as a high school Chemistry teacher before joining the SilcoTek Research and Development team. After teaching, he attended The Pennsylvania State University where he...

Dr. Min Yuan

Dr. Min Yuan is a member of SilcoTek’s Research and Development team. Min has a Ph. D. from Cornell University where she focused on materials chemistry. Min also spent some time studying as a...

Corey Robinson

With more than 15 years at SilcoTek, Corey Robinson brings extensive technical, manufacturing, operational, and sales expertise to complex coating projects. His experience spans production planning,...

Gary Barone

Gary began his involvement with Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processes in 1994 as a researcher at Restek Corporation. It was at this point that the direction of his career started to crystalize on...