Who We Are
WE STARTED MAXWELL LABS BECAUSE WE SAW A CLEAR PATH.
Established physics. A problem the world genuinely needs solved. A team capable of bridging the two. The thermal ceiling on computing is real. It is already constraining the AI systems being built today. And no existing cooling technology has a credible path to solving it at scale. Maxwell Labs is building a new class of solid-state cooling device based on laser-driven photonic heat extraction — a different physical mechanism entirely, analogous in impact to the invention of the laser, the LED, or the solar cell.
Leadership · R&D Team
BUILT BY THE BEST IN THE FIELD.
R&D Team & Scientific Advisors
THE SCIENTISTS BEHIND THE SCIENCE.
This problem lives at the intersection of photonics, nanoscale heat transfer, and high-performance computing. We assembled a team that lives there too — world-class researchers from national laboratories, elite research universities, and government programs, working across every layer of the physics stack.
Computational Photonics & Inverse Design
3 researchers · PhDs from Yale, MIT, Princeton
Computational toolchain for designing nanophotonic structures at scale. Expertise in inverse design, topology optimization, and computational electromagnetics.
Laser Cooling & Optical Physics
2 researchers · PhD Optical Sciences · Former NRC Fellow
Anti-Stokes fluorescence, laser cooling of solids, and non-linear optical systems. Direct experimental background in photonic heat transfer at the nanoscale.
Nanoscale Thermal Engineering
2 researchers · PhD Candidates · Mech. Eng & ECE
Nanoscale heat transfer, thermal radiation modeling, and thermophotovoltaic device physics. Bridging quantum thermodynamics with manufacturable hardware.
Nanofabrication & Materials
1 researcher · PhD · CINT / Sandia National Laboratories
Physical realization of inverse-designed photonic structures. Nanofabrication, materials characterization, and advanced metrology at national laboratory scale.
Dr. Raktim Sarma
Collaborator · Sandia CRADA Partner
CINT / Sandia. AI photonics. PhD Applied Physics, Yale.
CollaboratorHenry Newman
Investor & Advisor
Former CTO, Seagate Gov. Solutions. HPC & storage architecture.
Investor · AdvisorAdvisors & Board
Nick Swenson
Chairman & CEO, Air T, Inc.
Seasoned investor & governance leader overseeing a diversified portfolio since 1980. Former credit/distressed fund manager at Whitebox Advisors & Varde Partners. Featured in Michael Lewis' The Big Short. MBA, University of Chicago.
BoardPeter Chidyllo
Managing Director, Arosa Capital Management
MD of Private Investments at Arosa. Former Partner at Encompass / PioneerPath Capital managing Oil Service investments. Analyst background in restructuring at Houlihan Lokey. B.S. Commerce, University of Virginia.
BoardGary Burandt
Advanced Manufacturing Expert · Former Emerson Executive
35+ yrs in advanced manufacturing & lean operations. VP of Power Generation for the Americas at Emerson (20+ yrs). Managed $500M+ portfolios for data centers, hospitals, and U.S. military. Chairman's Award recipient. B.S. Materials Science, UMN.
BoardStrategic Partners
VALIDATED BY THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
Our partner network spans national laboratories, research universities, and government agencies. These relationships provide access to world-class fabrication, characterization, and modeling capabilities — anchoring our work in environments that specialize in taking breakthrough physics from theory to demonstrated hardware.
Careers
WE ARE ACTIVELY EXPANDING OUR TEAM.
Maxwell Labs is growing its R&D team as we progress from prototype to production. We are looking for researchers and engineers with deep expertise in photonics, nanofabrication, thermal systems, and computational physics. If you are world-class at what you do and motivated by problems that matter, we want to hear from you.
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Nanophotonics & Optical Physics
Nanofabrication & Materials
Thermal Systems Engineering
Computational Physics & Simulation
Embedded Systems & Firmware