Experience

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  TDK Ventures

  • Portfolio Program Associate

    • Dec 2022 - Present

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  Clark Street Associates

  • United States
  • Government Relations Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Technical Project Manager

    • Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

    • Define project strategies and objectives and manage teams to drive to completion all client deliverables (grant proposals, white papers, quantitative and qualitative analyses, reports, presentations).• Work with clients’ C-suites and government stakeholders to understand needs and align industry with federal technology goals.• Make recommendations on product roadmap, business model, and market fit to clients’ C-suites.

  • Senior Tech Analyst

    • Sep 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Technology Analyst

    • Mar 2019 - Sep 2020

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  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Urbana-Champaign, IL

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

    • Aug 2013 - Dec 2018
    • Urbana-Champaign, IL

    • Led the development of models to predict the formation and degradation of nanomaterials in hydrogen fuel cells, leading to improved catalyst design. • Secured 3 federal research grants totaling $140k.• Advised 3 undergraduate students on catalysis research projects.• Taught 2 discussion sections for core senior Chemical Engineering design courses.

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  Toyota North America

  • Ann Arbor, USA

  • Materials Research Intern

    • Jan 2018 - May 2018
    • Ann Arbor, USA

    • Developed a novel electrochemical method that speeds up the identification and quantification of shaped nanoparticles by 5x.• Developed a method to enhance the stability of ionic liquid-incorporated electrocatalysts for hydrogen fuel cells by 2x.• Authored 2 official technical reports sent to Toyota Motors Japan.

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  Argonne National Laboratory

  • Lemont, IL

  • Visiting Graduate Researcher

    • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
    • Lemont, IL

    • Designed an x-ray-based tool to enable real-time data collection of catalysts in a reactive environment, which lead to new insights about catalyst degradation in fuel cells. • Established connections between Argonne and UIUC, resulting in 2 additional group publications.