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Technology and Innovation, Vol. 19, pp. 441-448, 2017 ISSN 1949-8241 • E-ISSN 1949-825X
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THE NAI FELLOW PROFILE: AN INTERVIEW WITH
DR. JOSEPH M. DESIMONE

Joseph M. DeSimone and Kimberly A. Macuare 3
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1 Carbon, Redwood City, CA, USA
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
3 National Academy of Inventors, Tampa, FL, USA

In a recent interview with T&I, renowned professor, inventor, and serial entrepreneur Dr. Joseph
M. DeSimone discusses how his company Carbon is revolutionizing the Maker Movement,
why we shouldn’t be pessimistic about the impact that 3D printing and other technologies will
have on jobs, and what really makes innovative teams successful.

INTRODUCTION
Technology and Innovation (T&I) is pleased to
present Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone—engineer, inventor,
and entrepreneur—as the subject of this issue’s NAI
Fellow Profile. DeSimone is the CEO and co-founder
of Carbon and the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor
of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill (UNC), the William R. Kenan, Jr. Pro-
fessor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina
State University and of Chemistry at UNC, and an
adjunct member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center.
DeSimone, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ursinus
College, received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Vir-
ginia Tech and started his appointment as an assistant
professor at UNC directly upon graduation. From
that point on, he has set a whirlwind pace, and his
career has been characterized both by swift ascent
and high productivity. He is the author of over 300
articles, inventor on an awe-inspiring 350 issued or
(photo courtesy of Joseph DeSimone)
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Accepted April 15, 2017.
Profiled Inventor: Joseph M. DeSimone, Ph.D., 1089 Mills Way, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
Corresponding Author: Kimberly A. Macuare, Associate Editor, Technology and Innovation, Journal of the National Academy of Inventors at the USF
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Research Park, 3702 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 165, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. Tel: +1 (813) 974-1347; E-mail: kmacuare@academyofinventors.org

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