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Menlo Park, California, US

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Helping to support the CDL mission of enabling early stage founders to change the world by building massive and scalable technology companies. The Toronto-based Matter Stream focuses on companies in the advanced materials space.

I seek to identify and provide strategic insight on new technologies/trends/future business opportunities, establish strategic collaborations and partnerships with universities/companies/research institutes, and scout intellectual property in key areas. Recent focus areas have included energy storage, quantum computing, advanced materials, and display.

Mountain View, California, US

I seek to identify and provide strategic insight on new technologies/trends/future business opportunities, establish strategic collaborations and partnerships with universities/companies/research institutes, and scout intellectual property in key areas. Recent focus areas have included energy storage, quantum computing, advanced materials, and display.

Mountain View, California, US

Gent, East Flanders, BE

Development and analysis of new reactor technologies with a focus on industrial applications and implementation, primarily using computational fluid dynamics. My specific focus is fundamental evaluation of a multiphase gas/solid vortex (fluidization) reactor and modeling industrial processes in the reactor to screen for processes that may benefit from the.

- Company specializes in failure mode analysis, technical consulting, hazard assessment, and regulatory guidance- Consulted for clients on a projects related to fires, explosions, chemical releases, reactive chemicals, and regulatory issues- Tasks included investigation and analysis of failure events including fires, explosions, and chemical releases.

Cambridge, MA, US

- Modeled the kinetics of complex chemical systems in the gas phase and in aqueous solution - Used computational chemistry techniques to estimate thermochemical properties of molecules and reaction rate coefficients- Focused on detailed modeling of aqueous systems, combustion-related processes, and atmospheric chemistry- Collaborated with group members on.

Cambridge, MA, US

- Collaboration between MIT and Singaporean Universities whereby Singaporean students participate in industrial internships and are managed by MIT students.- Companies included were Merck, Sharp, & Dohme and the Shell Bukom Refinery - Responsible for managing eight masters degree students working on four projects- Served as a technical advisor to the.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

- Intense, 2-month internship at General Mills in Minneapolis, MN as part of the MIT Chemical Engineering Practice School Master's Program- Optimized properties of a new cereal product to improve aesthetics, packing density, and friability- Served as team leader for one project

Basel, Baselstadt, CH

- Intense, 2-month internship at Novartis in Suffern, NY as part of the MIT Chemical Engineering Practice School Master's Program- Spearheaded an exploratory study of RFID tracking of drug bottles to improve traceability and reduce counterfeiting- Evaluated process analytic technologies for online characterization of pharmaceutical products- Served as team.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

- Work with Greg Parsons' research group in the Department of Chemical Engineering- Focused on optimizing the material properties of CVD-deposited thin-film dielectrics for use in integrated circuits- Designed and carried out experiments using a variety of equipment related to electronic materials deposition- Used, maintained, and modified ultra-high.

Ph. D., Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemical Engineering