He was raised in a suburb of Bombay and studied chemical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Meantime, Hari was completing a chemical engineering degree at the elite Indian Institute of Technology.

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Stancell is Emeritus Professor and Turner Leadership Chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

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Excited by the possibilities of her recent research results, Karen, a chemical engineering professor, decided it was time to file for patents on her new surface chemistry technology and create a business with a faculty colleague and two graduate students.

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