Aquiles Carattino, Physicist, Entrepreneur, and everything in between.

<div class="admonition image small"> <p class="admonition-title">Image</p> <p><img alt="Aquiles Carattino" src="/Aquiles_Carattino.jpg" /></p> </div> <p>I am a physicist who became an entrepreneur. I have a <a class="wikilink" href="/my_phd/">PhD</a> in optics, focusing on the characterization of <a class="wikilink" href="/gold_nanoparticles/">gold nanoparticles</a>. I studied ways of using them as temperature sensors in very small scales, as well as how to employ them as labelling agents for cell biology. </p> <p>I founded <a class="wikilink" href="/dispertech/">Dispertech</a> back in 2019 together with <a class="wikilink" href="/sanli_faez/">Sanli Faez</a>, <a class="wikilink" href="/hans_brouwer/">Hans Brouwer</a>, and <a class="wikilink" href="/steven_tan/">Steven Tan</a>. We have heavily focussed on the characterization of <a class="wikilink" href="/extracellular_vesicles/">extracellular vesicles</a>, which can be regarded as a form of naturally occurring nanoparticles. </p> <p>I have a broad range of interests, including <a class="wikilink" href="/open_hardware/">open hardware</a> and <a class="wikilink" href="/impact_investment/">impact investment</a>. I dance <a class="wikilink" href="/tango/">tango</a> in my free time, and go sailing when the weather allows it. I worry about <a class="wikilink" href="/user_privacy_online/">user privacy online</a>, and like complaining on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/aquicarattino">Twitter</a>.</p> <p>I spend some time programming, mostly with Python. There's an incomplete list of <a class="wikilink" href="/things_i've_done/">things I've done</a> up to <a class="wikilink" href="/now/">now</a>.</p>