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Jordi Sastre
Principal Member of Technical Staff - Senior Manager
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Location: San Francisco Bay AreaApprox. Years of Experience: 9
Jordi Sastre's Current Workplace
QuantumScape
Company Size
301-1000
Amount Raised
$1.5B
QuantumScape is on a mission to transform energy storage with solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. The company’s next-generation batteries are designed to enable longer range, faster charging and enhanced safety in electric vehicles to support the transition away from legacy energy sources toward a lower-carbon future.
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Notable Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Kleiner Perkins
Energy
Battery
Automotive
Electronics
Construction
Manufacturing
Energy Storage
Sustainability
Electric Vehicle
Renewable Energy
Electrical Distribution
Experience
QuantumScape
May 2021 - Present
Principal Member of Technical Staff - Senior Manager
Mar 2023 - Present
1 yr 7 mos
Senior Member of Technical Staff - Manager
Sep 2021 - Mar 2023
1 yr 7 mos
Consultant
May 2021 - Sep 2021
5 mos
Co-Host
Cell Siders
Mar 2021 - May 2021
3 mos
Cell Siders
Empa
May 2017 - Apr 2021
PhD Researcher
Nov 2017 - Apr 2021
3 yrs 6 mos
PhD project on solid-state lithium batteries. - Research topics: manufacturing of oxide electrolyte films (LLZO), interfaces between oxide electrolytes and cathodes (reducing interfacial resistance), lithium metal anodes (preventing lithium dendrite formation in ceramic electrolytes), thin film cathodes as model system (LCO and NMC811), Li-Se batteries with photoassisted charging - Fabrication and characterization techniques: solid-state battery fabrication, magnetron sputtering, thermal evaporation, sintering, electrochemical characterization (galvanostatic cycling, cyclovoltammetry, impedance spectroscopy), XRD, ToF-SIMS, SEM - Commisioned and supervised a line for fabrication and characterization of solid-state thin film batteries (gloveboxes, sputtering and evaporation systems, furnaces, potentiostats) - Mentored 3 bachelor and master students, and trained new team members - Authored 14 publications in scientific journals (4 as first author) and 1 patent, presented in 12 intl. conferences - Participated in the conception and proposal writing of several R&D projects, wrote milestone and final project reports - Provided expert consulting to companies, journalists and investors.
Master Thesis
May 2017 - Oct 2017
6 mos
Research work on fabrication and characterization of perovskite solar cells. Master thesis title: "Formamidinium lead mixed-halide perovskites by two step hybrid vacuum-solution deposition for photovoltaic applications"
Fluxim AG
Nov 2015 - Sep 2017
R&D Engineer
Feb 2016 - Sep 2017
1 yr 8 mos
Fluxim develops R&D tools (both software and hardware) for the OLED display, lighting and solar cell industries. Worked on the development of new measurement and characterization solutions for the PAIOS platform.
Intern
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
4 mos
Undergraduate Researcher
ICFO
Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
4 mos
Undergraduate research project on the design and implementation of optical super lattices in an ultra cold atomic gas experiment. Project conducted in the Ultracold Quantum Gases group lead by Prof. Leticia Tarruell, whose research goal is to use ultra cold atomic gases as quantum simulators to explore fundamental phenomena in quantum many-body physics.
Junior Project Manager
Scytl Innovating Democracy
Oct 2014 - Jul 2015
10 mos
Scytl is a global leader in secure election management and electronic voting solutions. Worked on the management of numerous publicly funded R&D projects focused on the development of electronic voting systems, implementation of cryptographic mechanisms, and advancement of election modernization technology.
Summer Fellow
ICFO
Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
3 mos
Worked with RF and MW sources for evaporative cooling of potassium gas to quantum degeneracy, and integrated the systems in the experiment control software.
Education
  • Nov 2017 - Jul 2021
    ETH ZürichDoctor of Sciences - PhD, Materials Science and Electrical Engineering
  • 2016 - 2017
    ETH ZürichMaster’s Degree, Micro- and Nanosystems
  • 2011 - 2015
    Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBachelor's Degree, Engineering Physics
  • 2011 - 2015
    Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBachelor's Degree, Telecommunications Engineering
  • 2011 - 2015
    CFIS-UPCCFIS double-degree program
  • 2014 - 2014
    IESE Business SchoolMBA Summer School
  • 2013 - 2013
    EsadeEntrepreneurship Immersion Program
  • 2009 - 2011
    IES Enric ValorHigh School, Technology and Science
  • 2008 - 2009
    Rider High SchoolHigh School