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David focuses on investing in advanced materials and clean technology businesses.

Before joining General Catalyst, David performed his doctoral work on clean energy materials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also created and taught multiple MIT courses on materials for clean energy. David has a background in the semiconductor industry, having worked for Intel, Applied Materials, and IBM. He is the author of 20 scientific articles in the field of advanced materials and is the holder of one U.S. patent, which has been licensed to industry

David is the founder of the MIT Energy Club and currently sits on its Executive Committee. He is also the co-founder of the MIT Energy Conference and the New England Clean Energy Council, a non-profit collaborative organization focused on bringing together regional thought leaders and experts to apply New England innovation towards solving the world’s energy problems. For his work toward building a strong multidisciplinary energy community at MIT, David was awarded the Karl Taylor Compton Prize, MIT’s highest award presented to a student. He also sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chesonis Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization devoted to supporting fundamental research in the field of clean energy.

David holds a Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

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