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Joshua Speros

Investment Manager at BASF Venture Capital

Boston, Massachusetts

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Board Observer

    2022

2013

  • Investment Manager

    2022

  • Innovation Manager

    2017 - 2022

  • Lab Team Leader

    2013 - 2017

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Ph.D. Chemistry

    2008 - 2013

    • Synthesized and characterized a wide variety of conjugated polymers containing the poly(thienylene vinylene) scaffold • Investigated the impact of molecular weight, substitution, and architecture on conjugated polymer behavior and performance in organic solar cells • Proficient in: small molecule synthesis, metathesis polymerization, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, size-exclusion chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy • Experienced with: wide-angle X-ray scattering, thermogravimetric analysis, cyclic voltammetry, gas chromatrography-mass spectrometry

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    2006 - 2008

    • Synthesized small chemiluminescent molecules for ring-opening metathesis polymerization • Synthesized temperature dependent leuco dyes for industrial applications • Synthesized polylactide containing molecules for pressure-sensitive adhesive applications • Managed the summer research lab of Prof. J. Thomas Ippoliti

2007 - 2007

  • Organic Chemistry Summer Research Intern

    2007 - 2007

    • Assisted in the development of a small library of compounds for use in positron emission tomography