Tom Francke

Tom Francke is an internationally recognized scientist and entrepreneur, specializing in innovation and development of advanced radiation instruments and other novel technology. For 15 years, Dr. Francke served as a senior scientist in astroparticle physics developing radiation instruments for particle physics experiments and space research, mainly for CERN and NASA. During these years, he served at CERN, Switzerland, CNRS, France, KTH, Sweden, and New Mexico State University, USA. He has since then founded and/or contributed to grow a number of successful companies serving as CEO, CBO, or chairman of the board, including XCounter (listed on AIM of the London Stock Exchange), Super Sonic Imagine (France), Tacton (Sweden), Conflux (Sweden), etc. All these companies have invented and developed advanced new technology, which has been commercialized internationally. Tom Francke is associate professor in particle physics from KTH, Sweden, and has a degree in Business and Administration from Stockholm School of Economics. He is the inventor of 61 patent families, has published more than 100 scientific articles, and received a number of international awards.

Publications

Innovative Applications and Developments of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors
Innovative Applications and Developments of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors
Tom Francke, Vladimir Peskov. © 2014. 303 pages.
Study of nature and the world around us has been a primary motivation for scientists and researchers for centuries. Advanced methods in the study of elementary particles have led...