Water Illumination Team

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Dr. Xuejun Yu

CEO & Founder

Experienced entrepreneur with a track record in startup leadership, SBIR funded commercialization, and M&A execution.

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Dr. Haizhou Liu

Co-Founder & CTO

Licensed PE and UCR professor with 15+ years of experience in water and wastewater treatment commercialization.

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Dr. Ted Mao

Technical Advisor

Former CTO of Trojan Technologies, the world’s largest UV water treatment company, with decades of experience leading hundreds of global UV installations.

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Neil Becker

Advisor on board

30+ years of executive and commercialization leadership, driving startups from prototype to market and successful M&A in regulated industries.

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Carolina Muñoz

Environmental Engineer

Chemical Engineering B.S.

Stanford University

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