A Jewel in the Crown MagCorp unites research and business communities
BY STEVE BORNHOFT // PHOTOGRAPHY BY LINDSEY MASTERSON
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| 2021 Tallahassee Innovation & Technology
Toward the end of his 10-year stint as a research faculty member at the National High Field Laboratory managed by Florida State University, Jeff Whalen attended trade shows and conferences related to magnets and magnetic supply chains and made a troubling discovery. First casually and then intentionally, Whalen asked science entrepreneurs and other conference attendees if they were aware of the MagLab. Eventually, he had spoken to representatives of some 200 organizations.
