Jan is a physicist on the junction of laser optics, optical spectroscopy, and semiconductor physics. He studied at Humboldt-University in Berlin and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Fulbright grant.
For his PhD work, he investigated mid-infrared External-Cavity Quantum-Cascade Lasers and introduced a new physical concept that allows for extreme miniaturization and cost reduction using MEMS components. The work was patented and won several scientific and industrial awards and grants.
He partnered with Professor von Lilienfeld-Toal, a diabetologist, and co-inventor of a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring technique using mid-infrared spectroscopy.
Together with a team of brilliant scientists, angel investors, and MedTech specialists, they founded Quantune Technologies GmbH to bring to market laboratory-grade mid-infrared spectrometers for pocket-sized medical and industrial products such as non-invasive blood glucose monitor.