CTO/Cofounder

• Nov 2021 - Present

Canopy Aerospace is a startup manufacturer providing commercial thermal protection systems for the emerging space and hypersonic industries through advanced manufacturing processes and smart composites. Canopy Aerospace is a startup manufacturer providing commercial thermal protection systems for the emerging space and hypersonic industries through advanced manufacturing processes and smart composites.

Technical Advisor

• Jul 2022 - Present

Chief Technology Officer

• Jan 2016 - Jul 2022

- Directed the research and development strategy for a portfolio of advanced structural materials and additive manufacturing techniques- Led fundraising efforts to scale up lab technologies in partnership with academic labs- Executed MMS' customer discovery programs and established initial sales to commercial and government customers

Graduate Research Assistant

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2020

Thesis: "Dynamics in metal halide perovskites for optoelectronics" under Prof. Marina Leite - Awarded the Best Poster Award at the MRS Fall 2019 Meeting - Awarded 3 University of Maryland fellowships totaling $35k - Determined the impact of environmental conditions on metal halide perovskite stability - Published 6 papers (4 as first author) - Presented findings to a range of audiences at four conferences - Co-authored review on the use of atomic force microscopy for investigating emergent properties in metal halide perovskites - Performed extensive analysis in Python and MATLAB to analyze microscopy data and build ML models for predicting perovskite dynamics using recurrent neural networks - Attained expertise in novel microscopy technologies - Developed international collaborations with perovskite fabrication group to broaden the scope of my stability research (additional publication in review) - Mentored and managed research efforts of two younger graduate students Show less

Software Engineer II

• Nov 2013 - Nov 2015

Provide IT support for ongoing contracts. Development of proprietary software and hardware systems. Provide IT support for ongoing contracts. Development of proprietary software and hardware systems.

Contractor

• Nov 2013 - Nov 2015

- Contributed to 7 conference proceedings on natural language processing algorithm performance. - Built software data pipelines for digital signal processing of audio, scoring participant submissions, and participant meta-analysis in support of NIST's Speaker and Language Recognition Evaluations, -Collaborated on the design and implementation of the 2015 Language Recognition Evaluation and i- Vector Machine Learning Challenges. - Contributed to 7 conference proceedings on natural language processing algorithm performance. - Built software data pipelines for digital signal processing of audio, scoring participant submissions, and participant meta-analysis in support of NIST's Speaker and Language Recognition Evaluations, -Collaborated on the design and implementation of the 2015 Language Recognition Evaluation and i- Vector Machine Learning Challenges.

Intern

• Oct 2013 - Nov 2013

Software development for new RCC branch in San Francisco. Developed forms and database interface using MySQL, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Visual Studio (C#). Software development for new RCC branch in San Francisco. Developed forms and database interface using MySQL, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Visual Studio (C#).

Researcher

• Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

Worked under Vincent Rotello to finish a study of a model organic photovoltaic system involving an oligothiophene donor and a flavin acceptor modulated by hydrogen bonds in the presence of diamidopyridine or diaminotriazine. Completed theoretical components needed to compliment relevant data from various spectroscopy experiments. Wrote honors undergraduate thesis on the topic and currently working with other collaborators on a publication. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Title: Identifying Charge Transfer Mechanisms In Flavin Bound Complexes Chair: Professor Vincent Rotello Committee Member: Professor Adrian Parsegian, Gluckstern Chair in Biological Physics Description: An ab initio investigation of charge transfer pathways in an oligothiophene flavin dyad modulated with diamidopyridine or diaminotriazine via hydrogen bonds. Calculations of the electronic coupling and reorganization energy were obtained through the GAUSSIAN09 software package and then evaluated within a traditional Marcus Theory framework. Show less

Researcher

• Sep 2010 - May 2013

Worked under Laura Cadonati using C++, Unix, python, and ROOT software. Responsible for data transferring operations to and from the Gran Sasso National Laboratory and UMASS. Modified existing and wrote original code using both ROOT and python to plot the total energy fluctuations as a function of time under different versions of the monte carlo data reconstruction. These plots provide general insight into the changes of the detector's radioactive background and other relevant conditions. Worked under Laura Cadonati using C++, Unix, python, and ROOT software. Responsible for data transferring operations to and from the Gran Sasso National Laboratory and UMASS. Modified existing and wrote original code using both ROOT and python to plot the total energy fluctuations as a function of time under different versions of the monte carlo data reconstruction. These plots provide general insight into the changes of the detector's radioactive background and other relevant conditions.