Christopher Desalle
Assistant Research Professor at The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Desalle is a materials scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur with nine years of hands-on experience translating fundamental science into next-generation materials and manufacturing solutions. As Co-Founder of Seeker Technologies and research faculty at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, he applies multi-scale engineering and advanced characterization (SEM, XRD, Raman, FTIR, UV-Vis) to solve thermal, corrosion, and performance challenges in electronics, aerospace, and manufacturing. Currently pursuing a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, he blends academic rigor with practical product development and confidential client work. His background includes lean production and failure-analysis experience from robotics and machine shop environments, giving him uncommon fluency across research, prototyping, and scale-up. Based in State College, PA, he is technology-driven and innovation-focused, building commercially relevant materials insights from microscopic structure to system-level performance.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State UniversityCollege Preparatory Courses, College Preparatory Courses at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
Github Skills (6)
thermodynamics10
python10
creative-commons4
open-access4
journal4
academia3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
chmarti1/lconfig
Mar 2019 - Oct 2025
Contributions:67 pushes, 5 branches, 12 tags in 6 years 8 months
chmarti1/lab
Nov 2016 - Oct 2019
Contributions:56 commits, 51 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 11 months
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