James Malika

Background

About James Malika

Highly motivated researcher with a focus on process/materials development. Always open to interesting and challenging opportunities. •Research experience in material science with the focus on developing thin film process (vapor deposition, epitaxial growth, and wet coating/chemical bath deposition, electrodeposition) and semiconductor devices. •Research experience in material science with the focus on developing solid-state Li-ion batteries: Cell R&D, Cell Engineering, Battery chemistry research (especially electrolyte materials). •Experienced in Quality Control (QC) chemistry and Teaching of Mathematics & Chemistry. •Experimental expertise in: 1)Thin Film Process: sputtering, spray coating, dip coating, electrodeposition, and chemical bath deposition. 2)Surface Treatment: milling, ultrasonic, chemical modification, chemical etching. 3)Particle size reduction: Jet-milling, Jet-pulverizing, and grinding. 4)Characterization and Metrology: SEM/EDS, XRD, Profilometry (thin film thickness), TGA, DSC, GC, UPLC, HPLC, NMR, XRF, UV-vis, Raman, FTIR, CV, EIS (conductivity measurements), KF, PSD (wet & dry methods). 5)Data Analysis and Simulation: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, LIMS, JMP, Empower, Alchemy. 6)Scaling Up: materials production at the pilot stage. 7)Synthesis: Chemical, Thermal & Mechano-chemical. 8)Glove box use and dry room/laboratory environment.