Meet our Team

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer and Head of Reactor Development. Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Heidet is a world-renowned expert in advanced nuclear reactor technologies, with over two decades of experience in nuclear engineering and project management. He previously led a multidisciplinary engineering team of over 100 experts working globally to advance the development of the KRONOS MMR™ Energy System and LOKI MMR™ technologies. Prior to this, Dr. Heidet spent 12 years at Argonne National Laboratory, where he played a central role in numerous reactor design projects. He also led the design of the Versatile Test Reactor, a $2 billion program under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Chief Executive Officer & Board Member

Mr. Walker is a Nuclear Physicist and was the project lead and manager for constructing the new Rolls-Royce Nuclear Chemical Plant; he was the UK Subject Matter Expert for the UK Nuclear Material Recovery Capabilities, and was the technical project manager for constructing the UK reactor core manufacturing facilities. Mr. Walker was also seconded to Rolls Royce where he modeled configurations of RR’s Zero-Power reactor to inform confidence limits for the UK’s successor submarine’s mechanical design, and worked for the Rolls-Royce Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics Engineering team investigating reactor channel thermal performance to inform new reactor designs and support the safety case for reactors in current class submarines.

Board Member

Mr. Yu is a serial and leading U.S. advanced nuclear technology entrepreneur with 20 years of capital markets experience. He is a private investor in a multitude of companies and has advised a magnitude of company executives with corporate advisory services such as capital funding, mergers & acquisitions, structured financing, corporate restructuring, and other business development services geared at taking these companies to the next level. He is a self taught and private self investor, his relentless passion for international business has helped him develop key, strategic and valuable relationships throughout the world. Mr. Yu leads the corporate structuring, capital financings, executive level recruitment, governmental relationships and international brand growth of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. In 2021, Mr. Yu was honored as one of The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business.

Board Member

Jaisun Garcha has 20 years of experience in financial management, corporate governance, and risk management in both public and private companies, including high-growth and start-up stage organizations.