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Experience
- geCKo MaterialsCEO and Foundercurrent2020 — presentCalifornia, United States
- StartX.S23 Founder Membercurrent2023 — present
- LeadX at StanfordLeadX2019 — 2022
- Stanford UniversityPHD Candidate2014 — 2020
- Stanford UniversityGraduate Research and Teaching Assistant2014 — 2020
- UIFUniversity Innovation Fellow (UIF)2014 — 2020Stanford, California, United States
- University Innovation FellowsUIF Fellow2014 — 2020Stanford, California, United States
- Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryAssistant Research2012 — 2013
- Sacred Heart SchoolsAfter School Homework Director2010 — 2011
- West Valley CollegeTeaching Assistance Energy Solar Tech2011
Skills & more
Product DevelopmentProduct DesignMathematicsMechanical EngineeringAutoCADMachiningMathematicaPhysicsMaterials ScienceModelingFinite Element AnalysisElectrochemistry
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OpticsDesign-BuildSolidworksMicrofabricationSimulationsMaterialsMatlabR&DNumerical AnalysisDesign ThinkingSolidWorksInnovation ManagementLanguages English
- Faith Driven Entrepreneur Foundation Group — Faith Driven Entrepreneur
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- Who is Capella Kerst?
- Founder and CEO at Geckomaterials
- Where does Capella Kerst work?
- Capella Kerst is Founder and CEO of Geckomaterials.
- What companies did Capella Kerst found?
- Capella Kerst founded Geckomaterials.
- Where did Capella Kerst go to school?
- Capella Kerst studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering); UCLA (Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Mathematics to Mechanical Engineering).
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