Northwestern Startup: Actinia

Founded: 2020

Northwestern Inventor:

• Mercouri Kanatzidis
  • Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Chemistry

Actinia’s mission is to increase the resolution and decrease the dose used in radiological imaging techniques such as SPECT, CT, and even plain X-rays. Actinia develops cutting-edge radiation detector materials that allow for a halving of the dose, or doubling of the resolution, of common imaging techniques used in medicine and security.

Actinia Website