News & Press
Optical Waters Recieves NSF SBIR Phase 2
Jan 2022 -Optical Waters awarded an NSF SBIR Phase II to scale and optimize our manufacturing methods.
The Maroon Venture Partners Fund Invests in Optical Waters
March 2023 -Optical Waters receives funding from the Maroon Venture Partners Fund, which invests in early-stage startups linked to UMass.
Optical Waters Receives 2nd Year of Manning IALS Funding
September 2022 -Dr Lopes' Lab awarded an innovation grant at UMass Amherst to further develop Optical Waters' technology.
Optical Waters Awarded NSF STTR Phase I
Jan 2022 -Optical Waters receives an NSF STTR Phase I to scale and optimize our manufacturing methods.
Awarded Translational Grant
October 2021 -Dr Lopes' Lab awarded innovation grant at UMass Amherst to further develop Optical Waters' technology.
Germicidal optical fibers featured in Envirobites.
June 2021 - Germicidal optical fibers were featured as an upcoming technology to disinfect water in the article, Shinning a Light on Water Disinfection,
Optical Waters awarded $25K for Technology for Social Equity prize.
Feb 2021 - Optical Waters was award the Technology for Social Equity prize sponsored by SOURCE Global PBC as part of the Venture Devils StartUp Competition.
Mariana Lopes presents at Falling Walls Lab
Nov 2019 - Mariana Lopes was selected to speak about her work on germicidal optical fibers in Berlin Germany on breaking the wall of water borne diseases.
