David Marchand

David Marchand currently serves as a Commercialization Analyst at the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office, with their tenure at Boston Government Services, LLC beginning in November 2023. Previously, David co-founded JootPlex, a bioplastics R&D start-up, and held the position of Technical Marketing Manager at Nanoscience Instruments, where responsibilities included product messaging and marketing strategies. David also served as a Senior Applications Scientist and Applications Scientist, focusing on complex sales and technical support for scientific instruments. Other noteworthy roles include Technology Project Manager for the Democratic National Convention Committee and Graduate Research Assistant at Penn State University, complemented by a visiting scholarship at Tsinghua University. David holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University.