Vision
Nanotechnology is making the world a better place today. We need the right tools to see it and shape it into a better tomorrow.
Mission
Adama is dedicated to driving nanoscale innovations by making probe-based systems as accurate and enabling as possible.
Management
Our directors bring together expertise in materials science, high-tech fabrication, and business growth to deliver the highest quality product with a great customer experience.
Hector Cavazos
Chief Executive Officer
An entrepreneur from Santa Barbara, California where his AFM career began at Digital Instruments. He has a degree in Applied Mathematics from UC Santa Barbara. He has been a principal and founder of prior start-up companies in the the same field with a focus on micro-machining, business, and technology development.
Graham Cross
Chief Science Officer
A professor in the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin, Graham is an expert in nano-mechanics, with a focus on AFM, nano-indentation, and nano-Imprint. He received his PhD in physics from McGill University in Canada, and was previously a technologist at IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland.
Timeline
2012
Founding and operations setup in Trinity College Dublin
2014
Round 1 funding by public and private investors
Exclusively licensed patents from Trinity College Dublin
2016
Launched 1st product line - Apex Tip
2019
Moved operations to Tyndall National Institute