Luis Estevez is the founder and CEO of Advanced & Innovative Multifunctional Materials (AIMM). AIMM enables porous materials to be scientifically tailored to target big problems. More specifically, AIMM focuses on a water filter that can target and treat hard-to-remove “forever chemicals” from water.
Before founding AIMM, Luis completed his Materials Science Ph.D. at Cornell University, obtained a 3-year $1M fellowship from the DOE to work at a National Lab, and worked as a staff scientist at the University of Dayton Research Institute.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How to manage multiple career changes
- The importance of following what interests you
- The benefits of going back to school in your 30’s
- The uncomfortable truths of being an entrepreneur
- The benefits of making a career change later in life
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