Peter Zalar
🎓 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara (2014)
📍 Currently located in Cupertino, California, USA
About Me
Senior Materials and Device Engineer with 10+ years of international experience leading R&D in organic electronics, printed sensors, and opto‑electronic device development across The United States, The European Union, and Japan.
Proven track record of driving innovation with 36 peer‑reviewed publications, 14 patents, and over 5,000 citations (h‑index: 24).
Adept at scaling technologies from lab to industry, managing cross‑functional teams, and securing public and private funding.
Fluent in English with proficiency in Japanese and Dutch, and skilled in aligning scientific strategy with product development and commercialization goals.
Areas of Expertise
Organic & Semiconducting Devices
- Organic semiconductors & conjugated polymers
- OLEDs & organic optoelectronics
- Interface engineering & charge transport
- Ferroelectric & functional ceramics
- Electrical simulation & characterization
Flexible, Printed & Wearable Electronics
- Printed sensors & circuits
- Hybrid/flexible electronics
- Stretchable opto-electronic systems
- Sensors for biomedical applications
- Mechanical simulation & characterization
Thin-Film Design & Processing
- Thin-film deposition & patterning
- Cleanroom fabrication
- Large-area integration
- Reliability testing
- Advanced thin-film analysis