Summary
Jan Weinreich is a physicist-turned-founder with 11 years of experience building startups that bring materials discovery from lab to laptop. As CEO and co-founder of Chembricks (formerly Quastify Materials) he leads a platform that uses physics-informed machine learning to accelerate materials innovation and commercialization. His background spans doctoral research in physics and postdoctoral work at EPFL, giving him deep domain expertise in atom-by-atom modeling applied to manufacturing. He also advises silicon-focused ventures at Silicon Catalyst, bridging hard-science research and silicon startup ecosystems. Jan’s profile blends rigorous academic training from Göttingen and Vienna with hands-on entrepreneurial execution across multiple early-stage companies. Notably, he positions himself at the intersection of machine learning, physics, and chemistry—building tools that let chemists and engineers prototype materials digitally.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science, Physics, 1, very good (Sehr gut), Doctor of Science, Physics, 1, very good (Sehr gut) at University of Vienna
Universität Basel
Master of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen