QuantumScape
May 2021 - Present
Principal Member of Technical Staff - Senior Manager
Mar 2023 - Present
• 1 yr 7 mosSenior Member of Technical Staff - Manager
Sep 2021 - Mar 2023
• 1 yr 7 mosConsultant
May 2021 - Sep 2021
• 5 mosMar 2021 - May 2021
• 3 mosCell Siders
PhD Researcher
Nov 2017 - Apr 2021
• 3 yrs 6 mosPhD 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 mosResearch 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 mosFluxim 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 mosUndergraduate Researcher
ICFO
Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
• 4 mosUndergraduate 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 mosScytl 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.
Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
• 3 mosWorked with RF and MW sources for evaporative cooling of potassium gas to quantum degeneracy, and integrated the systems in the experiment control software.