Ryon Technologies, Inc. is a Providence based company founded in 2007 by Peter Weber and Joseph Geiser. It is developing instrumentation for characterizing the structures of molecules observed in mass spectroscopy.  The ability to distinguish between molecules of similar or identical molecular weight is important in various applications including determining whether a given sample is an explosive compound or a benign analog.  The technology can also be used to characterize exact compositions of hard-to-distinguish mixtures of hydrocarbons or natural products.  In large molecules, characterization of the molecular shape might provide a way of determining whether a given protein is properly folded.  The underlying technology for the instrumentation is Rydberg Spectroscopy and was developed by Dr. Weber at Brown University.  Ryon Technologies holds an exclusive license from Brown University to both issued patents and pending patent applications.  Dr. Weber is currently Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Brown, and Dr. Geiser received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Brown in 1998.  Ryon Technologies is the recipient of a current grant from the Department of the Army.

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