About
Sequestro
What makes us unique?
Vision
We envision a future where all people have access to drinking water free of contamination.
Mission
Sequestro is an advanced materials manufacturing company with a mission of engineering advanced, sustainable adsorbents to remove PFAS from aqueous media, providing businesses a cost-effective solution to achieve desired water quality targets for themselves and their customers. We do this by commercializing University of Michigan-developed, advanced materials, leveraging customer-centric product design, world-class technical capabilities, and the team’s expansive experience in the chemical manufacturing enterprise.
Core Values
PEOPLE
Have a positive impact on people – because human connection is everything.
SUSTAINABILITY
Strive to leave the planet a better place than we found it – we owe it to our children.
INTEGRITY
Do the right thing, the right way – no short-cuts.
PRODUCTS
Enable modern conveniences by designing premium-quality products that reliably solve real problems.
PHILANTHROPY
Invest in the next generation through mentorship and continued R&D.
Meet The Team
Juergen Koller
CEO | Founder
Dr. Juergen Koller is the CEO and Founder of Sequestro, Inc., a start-up focused on commercializing a novel PFAS sequestration technology. A trained synthetic inorganic chemist, he has extensive expertise in wet-chemistry methods and laboratory techniques, including air-sensitive transformations. Juergen’s academic background includes research on Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tungsten Nitride films at the University of Florida and main-group metal catalysis at UC Berkeley. With over 13 years of experience in the chemical industry, he has held key positions at Momentive Performance Materials, the Department of Defense’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and Wacker Chemical Corporation. His career has focused on scaling bench-scale chemistries to manufacturing scale, making him an expert in translating lab innovations into commercial applications.
ANNE McNEIL
Technology Inventor | Co-Founder | Scientific Advisor
Prof. Anne McNeil is the original inventor of the PFAS capture technology and Co-Founder of Sequestro, Inc. Her research team developed the functionalized wood pulp, and she holds relevant patents detailing the core technology. Anne is currently the Carol A. Fierke Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry; Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Anne’s research group will support the company through continued involvement in the development efforts. Future technology adaptations will be based on her expert knowledge, and she will serve as a Scientific Advisor for business decisions involving the core technology.
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