Biography

I grew up just north of Rochester, NY, a few minutes from the shore of Lake Ontario. I've always held a deep commitment to environmental issues such as climate change and particularly renewable energy. As a Gates Scholar, I did the MPhil in Materials Science and Metallurgy, and went on to earn my PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, where I worked on new materials for photovoltaics (solar cells). I'm currently a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University working on batteries.