Welcome Haralds Abolins!

👏 We’re excited to welcome Haralds Abolins to Positron!

With a unique blend of research and tech transfer experience, and a passion for building innovation ecosystems, Haralds brings exactly the kind of energy we love to see at Positron - plus enough coffee knowledge to open a side hustle and a competitive streak that might just turn boardgame night into a full-contact sport.

Haralds, our gentle giant from Latvia, started in environmental studies before a chance encounter with solar cell research sent him down the rabbit hole of advanced materials - eventually leading to a PhD in Physics at Cambridge. Along the way, polymerization gave way to valorization, and his thesis took a back seat to a new obsession: turning scientific ideas into real-world ventures.

Now back in Riga, he spends part of his time as the strategic co-pilot of the Latvian Chip Competence Center. Off-duty, you’ll find him on the basketball court, crushing boardgame rivals, or ranting about co-fermented coffee beans.