Nadia Ahlborg

Nadia Ahlborg has a diverse work experience background. Nadia is currently working at QuantumScape as a Senior Materials Processing Engineer, where they oversee and optimizes the production of solid ionic conductor raw materials and develops new metrics for product qualification. Nadia also collaborates closely with internal customers to address materials performance problems.

Prior to their current role, Nadia worked at Lam Research as a Process Engineer from 2019 to 2022. In this position, they demonstrated state-of-the-art dry etch 3D NAND processes to key customers, designed experiments for process optimization, and developed new data collection and processing methods to solve customer escalations.

From 2013 to 2019, Nadia was a Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford University. Nadia worked on two projects: the Solar Thermochemical Water-Splitting Project and the Entropy Stabilized Oxides Project. For the former, they designed and synthesized high-temperature metal-oxide materials for carbon-neutral hydrogen production and built a thermochemical reactor system. In the latter, they collaborated with Arun Majumdar's group to test and develop entropy-engineered mixed-metal oxides.

At Stanford, Nadia also served as the Chueh Group Head Lab Safety Coordinator from 2014 to 2017 and worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the course "Materials and Devices of Batteries" in 2016.

Prior to their time at Stanford, they had internships at UTC Aerospace Systems and NASA Glenn Research Center in 2013, and at NASA Glenn Research Center in 2012. Nadia also worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at The Ohio State University from 2010 to 2011 and had another internship at NASA Glenn Research Center in 2011.

Overall, Nadia Ahlborg possesses extensive experience in materials processing, process optimization, research, and lab coordination in various industries and academic institutions.

Nadia Ahlborg completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University from 2009 to 2013. Nadia then pursued further education at Stanford University, where they earned their Master of Science (MS) in Materials Science and Engineering from 2013 to 2016. Nadia went on to complete their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Materials Engineering at Stanford University from 2013 to 2019.