Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- MI
- Uo
- Uo
- Uo
Lists including Jessy
Work Experience
2022
Investment Partner
2022
2014 - 2022
VP, Head of Cleantech Practice
2019 - 2022
Area Manager, Energy Systems Group
2014 - 2019
Managed the Energy Materials & Systems group in the Hardware Systems Laboratory, which seeks to impact the way energy is produced, managed, and utilized through a diverse set of projects leveraging interfacial materials and systems engineering. This includes chemical and electrical energy conversion technologies; materials for lightweight vehicles; and electrochemical carbon capture.
Member of the Research Staff
2014 - 2014
Energy Systems Group
2011 - 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2014
Investigating influence of surface chemistry on performance of battery electrodes
2007 - 2011
PhD Student
2007 - 2011
Researching nanotechnology and photovoltaics in the Alivisatos lab at UC Berkeley / LBNL.
Instructor, Photovoltaic Technologies MSE C226
2011 - 2011
Co-developed and co-taught technical graduate-level photovoltaics curriculum.
2007 - 2011
Chair
2007 - 2011
Cross-campus photovoltaics research discussion group, designed to increase collaboration and multidisciplinary research for more rapid progress in photovoltaics development.
2005 - 2007
R&D Engineer
2005 - 2007
Developed crystal growth furnaces for silicon wafering. Invented in-line optical thickness measurement module, studied influence of thickness variation on factory performance. Designed, commissioned, and managed components of manufacturing line. Preliminary investigation of wafer texturing by laser.
2003 - 2003
Product Design Team Leader
2003 - 2003
Led team of 16 MIT senior mechanical engineers in design of portable vaccine cooler, to enable transport of critical vaccines and organs to previously unreachable villages in developing countries.
2002 - 2002
R&D Engineer - Summer Intern
2002 - 2002
Characterized growth of cathode in lithium-ion battery using empirical & analytical methods, which successfully enabled shrinkage of pacemaker & implantable defibrillator. Researched & designed battery case insulation methods to ensure compliance with patent laws.
2001 - 2001
Summer Intern
2001 - 2001
Modeled ignition mechanisms in high-velocity impacts, conducted research, developed and reviewed models, which contributed to completion of confidential government assignment.