Francisco Javier Machuca

Who is Francisco Javier Machuca?

Dr. Machuca is a technology visionary with over 15 years of experience in developing high technology products. Dr. Machuca held R & D and engineering positions at Stanford University, Applied Materials, and KLA-Tencor, where he developed solid state devices, high-speed inspection equipment, and maskless multi-E-beam lithography tools. Most recently, Dr. Machuca was senior staff scientist at Solar Notion Inc., where he created IP and trade secrets for improving efficiencies of large scale solar paneling and novel solar cell fabrication techniques, including laser melting techniques of silicon powders.

Dr. Machuca received his B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, with a focus in semiconductor processing, material science, device physics, and charged particle optics, from Stanford University.