Clean Water Scientific's Founder, Dennis Mast, Ph.D., has 25 years experience in the water industry.  Throughout the years he has made many strides towards improving the quality of our water resources. His entrepreneurial and environmental engineering abilities have resulted in Dennis receiving many awards in technology including the North Carolina Technology award as one of 50 fastest growing technological companies in the North Carolina area in 1995 and 1996, Future 30 Award as one of 30 fastest growing companies in the Raleigh area in 1995 and 1997, and the Triangle Fast 50 award as one of 50 fastest growing companies in the Triangle area in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997.

Since then Dennis has been devoted to developing new technologies for improving the quality of our world's water resources. He has developed technology for treatment of wastewater in pipeline conveyance systems, methods for removing or reducing the concentration of Bioweapons in water, a system for more efficiently oxygenating water for the aquaculture industry, and the process for reducing the concentration of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (hormones) in water.

Dennis earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and an MBA from Alberdeen University.  He also holds a highway certification and public utility and sewer certification from North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors.  He currently holds one technology patent as well as three pending and three provisional patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.