Covalent Appoints Dr. Fuhe Li as Vice President and General Manager of Materials, Chemistry, and Surfaces (MCS) Analysis Division
Dr. Li joins the executive leadership at Covalent to support continuing growth in the MCS division.
October 23, 2024 – Sunnyvale, CA. Covalent Metrology, North America’s premier metrology and characterization services provider, has hired industry veteran Dr. Fuhe Li to join the company in the newly created role of Vice President, General Manager of the Materials, Chemistry, and Surfaces (MCS) Analysis Division.
Dr. Li has nearly 30 years of experience in material characterization services. For more than 20 years, Dr. Li led lab operations and business development at Balazs Analytical, first as Lab Manager and later as Lab Director. He was later elevated to the role of Global Director of Advanced Metrology, in which he managed the company’s largest customer and steered the ongoing expansion of Balazs’ ALD precursor and gas analysis capabilities worldwide.
Dr. Li has established himself as a well-respected technical expert in material characterization and defect/micro-contamination analysis. He directed the creation and execution of new metrology solutions across analytical applications ranging from ultrapure water to liquid chemicals, thin films and coatings, wafers, electronic components and devices, and ALD precursors. He has written numerous papers and articles and multiple chapters of the ASM handbook and has served as a reviewer and editor for several international journals.
“Fuhe is an outstanding addition to Covalent’s senior leadership. He is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable technical leaders in our industry. But he is also highly customer-centric, operationally disciplined, and he cares about his team and his colleagues,” said Craig Hunter, Covalent’s Founder and CEO, “We are honored to have him join us as we scale Covalent to the next level.”
Dr. Li will work alongside Dr. Pralav Shetty, who was promoted earlier this year to the complementary role of VP and GM of Covalent’s Electron Microscopy and Failure Analysis Group. The two senior executives are positioned to lead Covalent’s technical experts and operations through this next chapter of growth as demand for both Divisions continues to expand.
About Covalent
Covalent Metrology is a disruptive analytical services laboratory and digital platform based in Sunnyvale, California. Its mission is to empower technological innovation with superior data and insights. Covalent makes it easier and more affordable to access the metrology data necessary for strategic decision-making: facilitating faster research, development, and production of advanced materials and devices. It is dramatically changing the materials characterization service landscape with the combination of its modern data platform, world-class analysts and top-notch customer service, state-of-the-art analysis instrumentation, and strategic partnerships. Covalent now has over 500 customers in 30+ industries. Learn more at: https://covalentmetrology.com