Alexander M. Stolyarov

Dr. Alexander (Sasha) M. Stolyarov is the CEO of Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), part of the Manufacturing USA Network, working to accelerate the commercialization of advanced fiber and fabric technologies with over 150 partner organizations across the US. Prior to AFFOA, Sasha led a team at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he stood up the Defense Fabric Discovery Center, a facility focused on implementing advanced fiber technology for national security. Sasha received his PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard University in 2012 while conducting his graduate research at MIT in the Fiber Device group of Professor Yoel Fink. Sasha has authored and co-authored 18 peer-reviewed journal articles and holds 4 US patents in the field functional multi-material fibers.