I specialize in the intersection of product design and materials science, and have worked on mass produced consumer electronics and research for Apple and Google. My expertise includes each step of the product design cycle, from initial brainstorming to validation and manufacturing.

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I completed my PhD in Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, advised by Dr. Robert Wood in the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory. I graduated from MIT in 2012 with a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, earned an M.S. from Columbia University in 2013, and completed additional PhD research under Dr. Kevin Kit Parker in the Disease Biophysics Group at Harvard. 

 

My doctoral research focused on soft robotics, nanofibers, and biomimetic structures. Previous projects have included: establishing novel methods to fabricate custom nanofabrics, developing aerogel bone regeneration scaffolds, improving methods to amplify degraded DNA in Martian soil, 3D printing elephant skulls to investigate adaptations for low-frequency hearing, additive manufacturing strategies for ceramic materials, and building photoswitchable colloid monolayers that can be used to encode information using light.   

I have collaborated with many research groups in the Boston area and overseas, namely the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany), the Biological Interface Lab at Sogang University (Seoul, South Korea), the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center (Concord, MA), and the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology (Cambridge, MA). 

 

In my free time, I use my outdoor technical skills to volunteer with Sky to Sea Explorers and the Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit. I am an avid skier, crossword enthusiast, 1:64 miniaturist, and scuba diver.