Executive Team
Andrew Hibbs, PhD - CEO
Dr. Hibbs is a leading scientist and industrialist in the low frequency electromagnetic sensing community. He was one of the founders of Quantum Magnetics, a pioneer in aviation security technologies, which was acquired by InVision Technologies in 1998. Just prior to this acquisition, he founded Quantum Applied Science and Research (QUASAR) to develop bioelectric sensing systems. More recently, he founded QUASAR’s sister companies QUASAR Federal Systems and EBS in order to expand the development of low noise sensors into additional fields. Dr. Hibbs holds a PhD in Physics from Cambridge University, and is an author on numerous publications and inventor on many issued and pending patents.
Geoffrey Barrall, PhD - President
Dr. Barrall joined EBS in 2007 as President with the additional role of technology leadership. For the 12 years prior to his move into the area of biotechnology, he spearheaded the development of new sensor technologies for aviation and defense security, most recently at General Electric (GE). As the manager of the Magnetics Center of Excellence, Homeland Protection for GE Security, Dr. Barrall guided the development of a diverse set of sensor technologies with a staff of 60 and a total annual budget over $12M. He has been an inventor on numerous patents and authored over 30 publications. Dr. Barrall holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
Eric Duff, MBA — Vice President of Business Development
Before joining EBS, Mr. Duff was Director of Business Development for InVision Technologies, where he was charged with leveraging the success of Fortune Magazine's #1 Fastest Growing Company into a sustainable diversified entity. He joined EBS after InVision was acquired by GE Security and applies his experience with technology/commercialization partnerships to bring EBS technologies to market. He received an MBA from Oxford University, and also holds an MS in Engineering Physics from the University of California at San Diego and a BS in Physics from Harvard University.
Eric Ervin, PhD — Vice President of Research & Development, Utah office
Dr. Ervin joined EBS in 2007 after obtaining his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Utah under the direction of EBS collaborator Professor Henry White. He specializes in lipid bilayer platform development, electrophysiology measurements and single molecule sensing. Dr. Ervin is also one of the inventors on the patents covering the glass nanopore membranes (GNMs), which are the basis for the EBS low noise measurement system. While at EBS, Dr. Ervin has continued to develop nanopore-based sensor platforms for a variety of applications and is an inventor on multiple pending patent applications.