Biography

I grew up in New York, and went on to do my undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Materials Science & Engineering, with minors in Physics and Leadership Studies. During that time, I performed research at a variety of institutions, including Syracuse University, the University of California in Santa Barbara, and MIT. I came to Cambridge in 2005 on a Winston Churchill Scholarship to complete my MPhil in Semiconductor Physics working with Prof Sir Colin Humphreys in the Materials department. I stayed on to pursue my PhD in Prof Humphreys’ research group working on gallium nitride semiconductor light emitting devices, funded by a Gates Cambridge scholarship. This work plays an important role in the solution to the global energy crisis (and makes me feel like I'm saving the world). I have also been active in applying my scientific background toward other social enterprises such as policy-making, having started an energy policy think-tank in 2009, and business.

Links

http://absciences.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhollander
http://twitter.com/hollanderjon