About us – IMChip

Our Team

Our team brings together accomplished professionals dedicated to advancing and transforming the AI chip industry through sustainable innovation. We combine extensive research experience with emerging talent, uniting expertise across materials science, semiconductor device engineering, neuromorphic computing, business administration, and artificial intelligence to drive meaningful technological progress. We are also being coached by imec.istart.nl!

TAMALIKA BANERJEE

Founder, CSO

Tamalika was earlier at MIT and MESA+ (Twente) cleanroom and now works as a professor at ZIAM in Groningen (NL) on CMOS and brain-inspired computing with functional materials.

RUBEN HAMMING-GREEN

Co-founder, Head of R&D

Ruben, originally from the US, did his PhD in neuromorphic materials and devices from Cognigron, Groningen (NL) with a working experience at IBM cleanroom (Zurich).

AZMINUL JAMAN

Co-founder, Circuit Engineer

Azminul is an IIT alumni. He finished his PhD in neuromorphic devices and engineering from Cognigron Groningen (NL), and has working experience at NIST (US).

SAURABH SONI

Chief Technology Officer

Saurabh is an IIT alumni, has a PhD in organic semiconductors from ZIAM in Groningen (NL) and postdoc from MESA+ (Twente) cleanroom on organic neuromorphics devices.

Advisory Board

Boudewijn Docter

Business Advisor

Boudewijn is the Director of Engineering at TNO Photonics facility. Priort to this, he founded Effect Photonics, worked as an semiconductor entrepreneur in-residence at HightecXL and venture builder with expertise in moving the tech from lab to volume.

Aaron Thean

Advisor (ad-hoc)

Aaron is Deputy President & Provost at National University of Singapore. Prior to this, he worked at IMEC (VP of Logic Tchnologies), Qualcomm (US), IBM (US), and other semiconductor industries.

Georgi Gaydadjiev

Technology Advisor

Georgi is a professor at TU Delft (NL), Chair of Computer architecture and member of Cognigron board. Before, he was a professor in Groningen (NL), Imperial College (UK), Chalmers University (Sweden), VP of Maxelere Technologies (London & Delft).

IMEC.istart.nl

Business coach / incubator

IMEC.istart provides tailored support for commercial activities to promote global growth of startups. We have been selected for the Fall 2025 cohort, and are being personally coached by Bart Nelissen.