About Us
At Ultra Small Fibers (USF), we are a team of PhD materials scientists and cell biologists with decades of experience in researching, inventing, and commercializing cutting-edge technologies. Our innovations have collectively generated sales in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Founded in 2013, USF was established to bring our advanced nanofilm platform to market. Over the years, we have developed low-cost production methods and the ability to customize our nanofilms to meet the specific needs of our commercialization partners.
Today, we are laser focused on revolutionizing 3D cell culture with our nanofilm technology. Our nanofilm cell culture well plates and imaging dishes are just the beginning. These products provide a tunable and reproducible biomimetic environment that supports cellular growth and behavior, offering a new tool for researchers and QC professionals in fields such as cell biology, drug discovery and development, and regenerative medicine.
We are committed to continuously customizing our nanofilm scaffolds and form factors to meet evolving customer and market needs. Through disciplined innovation and close collaboration with our user community, we will enable reproducible and biologically relevant performance to advance 3D cell culture and support new insights and therapies in cellular biology.
Meet the Team
Collin Anderson, CEO
MBA, PhD. Entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience taking innovations from lab to market. Co-founded, led, and sold a company with a flagship product line he co-invented that generated approximately $300M in lifetime retail sales. Chicago Booth MBA (High Honors) and PhD in Materials Science from Vanderbilt University.
William Hofmeister, Founder, CTO
PhD. Inventor of USF’s core technology. Fellow of ASM International, NASA-funded researcher, and International Laser Class Legend. Adjoint Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University and former Director of the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute.
Clarissa Valdez, Senior Scientist
PhD. Neuroscientist with 15+ years of hands-on cell culture and complex disease modeling (iPSC-derived neuronal systems). PhD from Northwestern University; postdoc UT Southwestern. Drives customer data generation and application development.
Sirui (Ray) Gu, Chief Growth Officer
MBA. Former CPA and Deloitte M&A senior manager advising Fortune 500 and private equity clients. Direct sales experience from a formative summer selling educational books door-to-door. BA from University of Notre Dame and MBA with honors from Chicago Booth.