Xavier Lepro
About Xavier Lepro
Xavier Lepro is a Materials Scientist with over 15 years of experience in materials deposition and wet chemistry laboratory settings. He currently works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, specializing in silicon-based materials and thin film deposition techniques.
Work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Xavier Lepro has been employed as a Materials Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2018. In this role, he focuses on the deposition of silicon-based materials using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD). His work is conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he contributes to various materials science projects within the laboratory.
Education and Expertise
Xavier Lepro holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas, which he completed from 2007 to 2012. He also earned a Master of Science in Nanotechnology from IPICYT, Research Institute, from 2004 to 2006, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Guadalajara from 1999 to 2004. His expertise includes thin film deposition techniques, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and the synthesis of carbon nanotube vertical arrays.
Background
Xavier Lepro has over 15 years of experience in laboratory settings, including wet chemistry and cleanroom environments with a class rating of 10,000. He has worked in various capacities at The University of Texas at Dallas, including Research Assistant, Research Associate, and Research Scholar. His previous experience also includes a role as a Quality Control Laboratory Analyst Intern at Infineum and a Research Assistant at IPICYT.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Xavier Lepro has developed extensive experience in Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and thin film deposition techniques such as electron beam evaporation, plasma sputtering, and etching. He has also synthesized doped and undoped carbon nanotube vertical arrays using Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD). His contributions to materials science have been recognized in various research settings.