Valentin Sulzer
FounderFounder at Ionworks
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
FoundedIonworks · YC
About
Valentin Sulzer holds a PhD in mathematics from Oxford and completed four years of engineering research at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon. He developed PyBaMM, an open-source battery simulation software, and is now building Ionworks to make such tools more widely available to battery engineers.
Founder at IonworksYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Valentin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Ionworks's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Valentin can intro founders to Ionworks's investors below.
Ionworks's investors · 3
Co-founders at Ionworks
Experience
- IonworksCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- PyBaMMFoundercurrent2018 — present
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPostdoctoral Research Associate2021 — 2023Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of MichiganPostdoctoral Research Fellow2019 — 2021Ann Arbor, Michigan
- University of OxfordDPhil Candidate2015 — 2019Oxford, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Research6Applied Mathematics2Data Analysis2Mathematical Modeling5Software Development1Mathematics3ModelingNumerical AnalysisMatlab1Python1LaTeXPublic Speaking
Languages English · French · Italian · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Valentin Sulzer?
- Valentin Sulzer holds a PhD in mathematics from Oxford and completed four years of engineering research at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon. He developed PyBaMM, an open-source battery simulation software, and is now building Ionworks to make such tools more widely available to battery engineers.
- Where does Valentin Sulzer work?
- Valentin Sulzer is Founder of Ionworks.
- What companies did Valentin Sulzer found?
- Valentin Sulzer founded Ionworks.
- Where did Valentin Sulzer go to school?
- Valentin Sulzer studied at Y Combinator; University of Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrially Focussed Mathematical Modelling); University of Oxford (Master’s Degree, Mathematics).
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