Who We Are
DioQuest™, a Semplastics Company, was founded in 2021 in order to fully realize the potential of our unique, patent pending carbon conversion and utilization technology.
Our Team
With a lifelong passion for materials and science, Bill has founded numerous companies to explore the untapped potential of high performance materials technology.
As an accomplished entrepreneur and engineer, Bill has a geology degree from the University of Texas, a degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel, and a Master’s degree in Engineering Sciences from Penn State. Before going into business himself, he worked at AT&T and Bell Labs in microelectronics.
Bill Easter, CEO
Dr. Walt Sherwood, Chief Scientist
Dr. Sherwood has over 32 years of polymer design and development experience, with over 20 years of polymer manufacturing and scale-up experience. Dr. Sherwood holds more than 14 U.S. patents covering the development of pre-ceramic polymers and high temperature resins, and pioneered routes to the low-cost, high-yield, ceramic-forming polymers utilized by DioQuest.
Dr. Sherwood has a Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from RPI.
Dr. Mueller is a physical inorganic chemist who studied CO2 activation and fixation for his dissertation. He has been involved in research and regulations for the beneficial reuse of produced water in New Mexico. He brings a unique combination of physical inorganic chemistry, water treatment expertise, and material science skills.
Dr. Mueller has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M, a Post-Doc Fellowship in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MBA from Kelstadt School of Business at DePaul University and a B.A. in Chemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College.
Dr. Brian Mueller, Technology Director
“Our ability to take multiple waste streams and create sustainable, carbon negative materials is a game-changer and will result in large volumes of CO2 being permanently locked away.”
— Bill Easter, CEO
