Our mission

Make environmental contamination visible — affordably, reliably, on-site.

Remediation starts with knowing the nature and extent of the problem, and that requires testing. Wave Lumina is increasing the affordability, reliability, and scalability of pollution sensor technology so environmental professionals can find contamination in the field and act faster.

  • NSF SBIR Phase I
  • Activate Fellow '25
  • U.S. Patent 12,644,842
  • Great Lakes Innovation Award
  • Launching 2027

What drives us

On a mission to make environmental contamination visible — affordably, reliably, on-site.

Remediation starts with knowing the nature and extent of the problem, and that requires testing. Wave Lumina is increasing the affordability, reliability, and scalability of pollution sensor technology so environmental professionals can screen for contamination in the field and act faster.

Faster results, faster remediation

Portable field screening for PFAS-class surfactants gives teams real-time triage on-site, so remediation decisions don't wait on the lab.

Built to expand

The same sensing platform is designed to grow into other contaminants of concern over time — microplastics, pesticides, and beyond.

Grounded in the field

We're building alongside environmental professionals — listening to the hard questions and the real workflows that remediation actually runs on.

Backed by

Independent validation from the people who fund hard tech

U.S. National Science Foundation logo
$305K NSF SBIR Phase I award (Contract 2507556, 2025) to develop our portable PFAS field sensor.
Activate Fellowship logo
Founder & CEO Vernon LaLone selected as an Activate Fellow — backing hard-tech scientists building toward real-world deployment.
Michigan Small Business Development Center logo
Supported by the Michigan SBDC through its Business Accelerator Fund and Emerging Technologies Fund as we move toward commercial deployment.

Build the future of field screening with us.

We're developing alongside environmental professionals — listening to the hard questions and the real workflows remediation runs on. Join the pilot program or send in a water sample to help shape it.