Maria Peterson is Senior Program Manager for Corporate Venturing and Innovation for JSR Micro, Inc in Sunnyvale, CA. She engages with startups and technology innovators to assess advanced materials and technologies for electronics and life sciences applications to identify and grow new businesses for JSR.
Prior to JSR, she was Technical Marketing Director for Cabot Microelectronics, a global leader in semiconductor polishing slurries, and Applications Engineering Manager for EKC Technology (now DuPont/EKC Technology), developing and promoting polishing and cleaning materials for semiconductor applications. Maria earned her PhD from Stanford University in surface geochemistry, MS from UC Berkeley, and BA from Carleton College.