Alex Jesmer, PhD
Chief Executive Officer @ Forsta Varme
About
Startup founder and interdisciplinary PhD with broad background in business, materials, (bio)chemistry, physics, and electronics. Skilled in project management, team leadership, technical communication, experimental design, problem solving, scientific instrument design, statistical analysis, and natural sciences. A decade of experience in business and science environments, including managing industry labs, research in accredited government sites, and academic research in Canada. Awards for technical communication, sustainability, research impact, and business. Previous mentees have won multiple research awards.
Canada
Fredericton
Defense & Space
Bioconjugation, Biomaterials, Surface characterization, Report Writing, Research, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, ICP-MS, Polymer coatings, Mammalian Cell Culture, Controlled radical polymerization, Project Management
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Forsta Varme
Forsta Varme is a thermophysical data company providing unique measurement data and physics models to clients based on proprietary instrumentation purpose built for the precise characterization of most complex materials.
Founder
Wavesimplix Technologies Inc.
Providing accessible LSPR biosensors to biotechnology researchers and educators - Winner of The Clinic Demo Day People's Choice award - Incubating at The Forge - Selected Founders Fast Track at Innovation Factory - Resident at The Clinic@McMaster
Postdoctoral Fellow - Wylie Group
McMaster University
Management and leadership duties: - Research commercialization, team leadership, entrepreneurship, funding, business plan preparation and execution - Graduate and undergraduate mentorship and hiring Technical duties: - Embedded electronics, microfluidics, Arduino programming, 3D modeling, product design, software development, Python
Project Scientist
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Project scientist for academic-industrial research partnerships - Nanocomposite design, synthesis, and mechanical and thermal characterization
PhD candidate, Chemical Biology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ont
- Developed and carried out research plans related to biocompatible and functional polymeric coatings - Project topics include surface initiated controlled radical polymerization and polymer grafting method development for biosensor applications - Supervised undergraduate thesis students (2x thesis awards) - Coordinated and trained users of shared lab equipment - Techniques: Polymer synthesis, RAFT, microscopy, GPC, fluorescence and absorbance assays, mammalian cell culture, protein modification, water contact angle, ellipsometry, sputter coating, - Entrepreneurship bootcamp: Grant preparation, intellectual property, market analysis, SWOT, LEAN canvas
Graduate Teaching Assistant
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
- ChemBio 3LO3: Students synthesize a small molecule library, express an enzyme and determine SAR over 13 week lab course - ChemBio 3BM3: Implanted biomaterials - ChemBio 3PO3: Biomolecular interactions - ChemBio 2LO3 (online delivery): Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory 1
Research Assistant - Nanomaterials Research Lab
Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Operated and maintained single particle - ICP-MS (NexIon 300D) - Characterized nanoparticles in soil matrices via TEM and SP-ICP-MS - Developed environmental nanoparticle aging experiments - Authored peer-reviewed research articles and technical reports on nanoecotoxicology - Presented research at NWRC Seminar Series
Research Assistant - Surface Nanoengineering Lab
University of Ottawa
- Fabricated TiO2 nanotube arrays by anodization for controlled drug release - Characterized nanostructured surfaces with SEM
Lab Assistant - Microbiology Unit
Government of New Brunswick / Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick
Fredericton
- CALA accredited lab environment - Performed e. coli tests on water samples - Prepared media and stock solutions - Maintained stock of disposable laboratory items - Cleaned and maintained various pieces of equipment in microbiology laboratory
Education
McMaster University
Chemical Biology
University of Ottawa
Biochemistry & Physics
- Major Biochemistry (Co-op), minor physics - Cum laude
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