Dr. John J Curry, Founder & CEO

  John is the co-inventor, along with Dr. Zachary Levine, of the core technology behind the company. 

Prior to founding Parman Tech, John spent 18 years at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) where, among other things, he was a scientific staff member, Leader of the Atomic Spectroscopy Group, and Program Analyst in the NIST Director's Office. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles and numerous book chapters and contributions. John has 3 US patents and in 2018 was a co-recipient of NIST’s Judson C French Award for ‘… world-leading optical calibrations ….’

John received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, where he pioneered optical-pumping measurements of ion diffusion in plasmas. He spent 3 years as a Postdoctoral Fellow and another three as a Staff Scientist in the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin. While there he again pioneered new measurement methods. Partnering with Osram Sylvania, Philips Lighting and Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, he used x-ray induced fluorescence to understand critical processes limiting the efficiency of metal-halide lamps.