BA-SID Professional Person Spotlight
Jelena Sepa, Ph.D.
Dr. Jelena Sepa is an active member of the BASID chapter, she works for EMD Performance Materials (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), one of the leading suppliers of display materials in the world. Jelena is part of the CTO organization responsible for developing detailed semiconductor & display technology roadmaps, focusing on emerging market and technology trends and their implications for the business, driving alignment between technology and marketing. Previously, Dr. Sepa was Director of Partnerships and Scouting, responsible for driving external innovation by identifying novel technologies and investment opportunities and by initiating collaborations and partnerships with local startup companies and universities. Prior to joining EMD, Dr. Sepa was a Director at Cambrios Technologies Corporation, responsible for developing and scaling up silver nanowire synthesis and purification for five product generations with applications in touch-panel and display markets. Dr. Sepa also worked as Principal Engineer at Honeywell Electronic Materials where she was responsible for developing and commercializing a range of spin on dielectric and barrier materials for semiconductor industry. She completed her Postdoctoral Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Sepa’s graduate and postgraduate studies had been focused on studying zeolites and mesoporous materials and her career interests since, have been around nanomaterials and their use in electronic industry applications. She is also an active member of the IEEE SF Bay Area Nanotechnology Council.