Billyde Brown is the External User Outreach Manager and a Senior Research Faculty at the Georgia Tech Institute for Matter and Systems. 

Brown has strong expertise in several technical areas including electrochemical biosensors for bioprocess monitoring, thin-film manufacturing (CVD, PVD, ALD, AJP), nanomaterial synthesis and characterization, and electrochemical energy storage. Brown has over 20 peer-reviewed publications and is a regular reviewer of high impact factor peer reviewed journals. He earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from NC State University and Duke University, respectively.

Yolande Berta has over 20 years experience in electron microscopy, including both SEM and TEM, and has trained thousands of operators. Ms. Berta has a Master’s degree in Science from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. 

Her diverse background has ideally positioned her to work with students from all disciplines on campus. Ms. Berta has more 15 peer-reviewed publications and has given over 15 professional presentations.