Michael Strand, a PhD holder in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University, has a commendable track record of designing, building, and analyzing electrical and optical devices. With over nine years of experience in research, Strand has worked on thin-film transistor arrays, solar cells, batteries, and electrochromic windows. His contributions have serious implications for energy efficiency gains in buildings and transportation. His current area of interest is a dynamic window technology that overlaps with trends in transparent displays.

Strand's core capabilities encompass a fundamental understanding of solid-state physics and electrochemistry, technical communication, programming, and process development. Over the years, he has authored nine publications and four patents and delivered presentations at six technical conferences worldwide. Strand has also amassed seven plus years of programming experience and expertise in scientific computing, machine learning, and data science. His motto is process improvement, and he has used DOEs to optimize process flows.

Strand's career highlights include being the co-founder and director of process at Tynt Technologies, a former NSF Graduate Research Fellow, a former Materials Science Researcher at Michael D. McGehee Lab, a former Stanford Graduate Fellow, and a former research assistant at Advanced Materials for Energy and Electronics - Arnold Group.