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Richard Swartwout

Founder | Solar Nerd | MIT PhD

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Chief Technology Officer and Founder

    2023

    Active Surfaces unlock terawatts of solar applications through an MIT patented, ultra thin-film flexible solar technology.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • START.Nano Innovation Fellow

    2021 - 2022

    Develop programming for the START.Nano accelerator at MIT.Nano. Support cohort companies.

2019 - 2022

  • Venture Investor

    2019 - 2022

  • Graduate Research Student

    2015 - 2021

    Fast manufacturing processes for nanotechnology and thin film devices M.S./ PhD Thesis and related projects include: -Silver nanowire composites for transparent conductors -Encapsulation materials for devices -Novel chemistry for printed perovskite inks that meet OSHA standards -Novel device architectures for high efficiency (>20%) photovoltaics -Large area coating and printing for perovskite films and photovoltaics -Lead chelation barrier materials to reduce EPA RCRA risk for leaded thin-films

2019 - 2019

  • Materials Science Intern

    2019 - 2019

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    2014 - 2015

    My research includes studying strengthening mechanisms and optical-loss reduction methods of silica fibers for use in data transfer.

2012 - 2015

  • Materials Engineering Intern

    2012 - 2015

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    2012 - 2012

    I studied cobalt ferrite nano particles and their use in magnetic heat switches