Aaditya Pendse

Thin Film Manufacturing Engineer

Aaditya Pendse, Ph.D., has a robust background in chemical engineering with substantial experience in academia and industry. Currently serving as a Thin Film Manufacturing Engineer at Headway Technologies since April 2025, Aaditya previously held the position of Associate Executive Officer for Coordination at the Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport DOE EFRC until June 2025. Aaditya's extensive academic experience includes serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where expertise in molecular transport in nanopores was developed. Additional roles include Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, focusing on advanced solid-state lithium batteries, and Visiting Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, where collaborative projects were managed and graphene growth processes were optimized. A solid educational foundation includes a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BTech from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology.

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Livermore, United States

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