Josh Zak
Lead Scientist | Next-Gen Battery R&D
- Role
- Lead Scientist at Wildcat Discovery Technologies
- Location
- San Diego, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Josh Zak
I am a solid state chemist with interdisciplinary experience in materials science and engineering as it pertains to energy storage technologies. I am currently a Scientist at Wildcat Discovery Technologies in San Diego.For my graduate work, I was advised by Prof. Kim See at Caltech studying charge compensation mechanisms and structural transformations in lithium-rich chalcogenide cathodes to gain understanding of the structure-property relationships that dictate reversibility and performance in next-generation batteries.I completed my undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University with a major in Materials Chemistry, an interdisciplinary degree between the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and a minor in Japanese Studies.
Experience
Lead Scientist
Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Oct 2025 — Present · San Diego, US
Education
Pittsburgh Allderdice High School
High School
2009 — 2013
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, Japanese
2013
Caltech
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry
2017 — 2022
Skills
- Research
- Organic Synthesis
- Inorganic Synthesis
- Column Chromatography
- Nmr Spectroscopy
- Ir Spectroscopy
- Recrystallization
- Ion Chromatography
- Hplc
- Gas Chromatography
- Titration
- Powder X-Ray Diffraction
- Stress Analysis
- Uv/Vis
- Atomic Absorption
- Distillation
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Matlab
- Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Rheometry
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