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Hire Dr. Tara N.

Canada

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Venture Capital Investor & Materials Science PhD | Expert in Technology Development and Commercialization

Profile Summary

I am a venture capital investor with experience mentoring and guiding startups on fundraising and venture relations. I have a PhD in materials science and worked at a series B startup focused on metrology and thin film materials. I have technical specialty in compound materials, inorganic chemistry, thin films, nanomaterials, photovoltaics, and semiconductors.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Inorganic Chemistry
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Biopolymers
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Crystallography
• ☆ X-Ray Crystallography
• ☆ Spectroscopy
• ☆ UV Spectroscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• ☆ IR Spectroscopy
• ☆ Raman Spectroscopy
• ☆ Electrochemistry
• ☆ Metallurgy
• ☆ Glass Science
• ☆ Ceramic Engineering
• ☆ Carbon Materials
• ☆ Nanotechnology
• ☆ Biomaterials
• ☆ Bioplastics
• ☆ Composite Materials
• ☆ Electronic, Optical & Magnetic Materials
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Solar Energy
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Financial Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Processing

Product Development Formulation, Material Sourcing, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Investment Associate

Pangaea Ventures

September 2023 - March 2026

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Arizona State University

August 2015 - August 2021

Bachelors of Science in Materials Science & Engineering

Rutgers University

September 2011 - May 2015

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Tara Nietzold, Srisuda Rojsatien, Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, Trumann Walker, Niranjana Mohan Kumar, Eric Colegrove, Dan Mao, Michael E. Stuckelberger, Barry Lai, Zhonghou Cai, et al. (2023). Distribution of Copper States, Phases, and Defects across the Depth of a Cu-Doped CdTe Solar Cell . Chemistry of Materials.

Tara Nietzold, Trumann Walker, Michael E. Stuckelberger, Niranjana Mohan-Kumar, Christina Ossig, Maik Kahnt, Felix Wittwer, Barry Lai, Damien Salomon, Eric Colegrove, et al. (2022). The nanoscale distribution of copper and its influence on charge collection in CdTe solar cells . Nano Energy.

Tara Nietzold, April M. Jeffries, Laura T. Schelhas, Mariana I. Bertoni(2021). Corrosion of novel reactive silver ink and commercial silver-based metallizations in diluted acetic acid . Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 223. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 110900. Elsevier {BV}

Tara Nietzold, Nicholas Valdes, Michael E. Stuckelberger, Michelle Chiu, Trumann Walker, April M. Jeffries, Archana Sinha, Laura T. Schelhas, Barry Lai, William N. Shafarman, et al.(2021). Role of Cation Ordering on Device Performance in (Ag,Cu)InSe2 Solar Cells with KF Post-Deposition Treatment . ACS Applied Energy Materials. 4. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 233--241. American Chemical Society ({ACS})