Dr. Sebastian Lacher

Lithium ion cells and battery modules for electric vehicles.

Project Manager for battery packs and charger at Bosch eBike

• Leading the Corporate Research Division R&D team in Japan, focusing on electro mobility and liaising with counterparts • Responsible for compliance in the division, e.g., export control, HSE, etc. • Data Security Officer of the department • Appraising subordinates’ job results and allocating team responsibilities and resources accordingly • Budget, headcount and investment planning for the department • Meeting and negotiating with external stakeholders to establish or terminate partnerships

• Led the Corporate R&D group in Japan (focus: electro mobility, life science, robotics) • Hired a diverse team with required competencies for projects on batteries and fuel cells • Established networks in academia, e.g., managing a publicly funded project in Japan (NEDO) • Managed joint developments with industry • Led a robotics user experience and technology development study • Delivered technology and components from Japan to Bosch business units abroad

• Led an agile team of nine engineers to the final pitching round of a new growth project (Certificate: Scrum Master) • Organized a South Korea scouting trip for counterparts from Germany including contacting and arranging meetings with renowned university professors • Prepared technology scouting reports in the fields of materials, healthcare and robotics in Japan and Korea, including interviewing stakeholders and presenting the reports to executive management

Post doc at Seoul National University at the Center for Supramolecular Optoelectronic Materials. Proposed research topic and received DAAD scholarship for the following Research Projects: 1) Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for flexible electronics 2) Fabrication of solution processable supramolecular nano-cables for organic electronic devices 3) Design and synthesis of water-soluble fluorescent nanoparticles for drug delivery

Two research projects in physical-organic chemistry: 1) Flexible electronic devices: Interface optimization and thin films - in collaboration with industry and RIKEN 2) Supramoleclar chemistry: Vesicles and micelles for drug delivery

Master Thesis on Carbon Nanomaterials (Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes). Degree was awarded by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Project was funded by DoE and DAAD.

Specialization in Nanotechnology, Computational Materials, Organic Chemistry

Research project: "Covalent functionalization of SWNTs for biological applications" Clemson University, Department of Chemistry, Clemson, SC, USA; supervisor: Professor Dr. Ya-Ping Sun

Bachelor thesis in Theoretical Chemistry: Theoretical investigations of chiral-at-metal P-tethered arene Ru(II) complexes.