UniPixel, Inc. has appointed Jeff Hawthorne as chief executive officer, president and director. Hawthorne, who has been acting as an operational consultant for the company, succeeds Bernard Marren and Carl Yankowski, who were serving as interim co-CEO and co-president. Marren will remain chairman of the board and Yankowski will continue to serve as a company director.

Marren will also return to the position of chairman of the compensation committee, with Yankowski returning to chairman of the audit committee. Hawthorne currently serves as a director on the board of directors at Iteru Systems. He is also a member of the visiting committee for Dean of Engineering School at the University of Rochester, as well as a member of the selection panel at the University of Rochester Technology Development Fund.