Birgitt Boschitsch
Co-founder & CEO
spotLESS Materials
Birgitt Boschitsch is a co-founder and CEO of spotLESS Materials. She received her PhD in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, where her research focused on bio-inspired materials and on the development of liquid-repellent slippery rough surfaces. She received her B.S.E. degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering and a certificate in engineering biology from Princeton University (2013), where she conducted research in bio-inspired propulsion. As a co-founder of spotLESS Materials, Birgitt served as the principal investigator of an SBIR Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation and is co-PI on a contract with the Office of Naval Research. She also led spotLESS through Y-Combinator and received 3rd place in the Rice Business Plan Competition. Birgitt was recently recognized as a 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.