About
Toshihiro Akashige manages the chemical laboratory for the HAX Program in Newark, operated by SOSV, overseeing equipment maintenance, resource allocation, and safety compliance. He previously served as laboratory manager in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, where he also earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering studying gas separations using electrochemically modulated membrane-electrode assemblies. He is a coauthor of Kern's Process Heat Transfer (2nd Edition) and was an NSF GRFP fellow.
Colleagues at HAX
Andrew Gollach
Partner at SOSV
Avra van der Zee
General Partner, SOSV at HAX
Brit Harley
Office Manager at HAX
Charles Peter
Director of Mechanical Engineering, HAX at HAX
Cyril Ebersweiler
General Partner at SOSV
Duncan Turner
General Partner, SOSV at HAX
Jenny Zhou
Sourcing Assistant, HAX at HAX
Ji Ke
Partner & CTO, HAX at HAX
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Toshi Akashige work?
- Toshi Akashige is Laboratory Manager, HAX Program (Newark) at HAX.







