Product Engineer · Princeton University
Turning ideas into shipped products. Looking for teams and collaborators to build with.
Visual Art · Fabrication
Interactive tactile and kinetic sculpture of a floating dove. Integrates heat, magnets, airflow, carpentry, 3D printing, and light.
Artist & Maker
Human Interfaces · Fabrication
Polarized glasses with individually rotatable lenses. New instrument for seeing hidden light and color.
Inventor & Designer
Visual Art · Fabrication
Sculpture of a fractured version of Daniel's face absorbing 99.4% of light, with a lightbulb and mirror behind. Featured in Trenton City Art Museum Summer 2026.
Artist
Human Interfaces · Software
Mental wellness app for facilitating self-reflection and metacognition.
Founder & Developer
Materials Engineering · Startup
Head Materials Engineer, building electrodes and production methods. Converting CO₂ to higher-value chemicals via electrochemistry and ML. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200.
Head Materials Engineer
Visual Art
Colors shift in this multilayered painting and polarized light artwork. Polarized lenses unlock colors invisible to the naked eye.
Artist
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Mental wellness app for facilitating self-reflection and metacognition.
Polarized glasses with individually rotatable lenses. New instrument for seeing hidden light and color.
Analyzed 15-year-old EEG data investigating implicit neurological responses to emotional stimuli.
Synthesized and tested fluorescent molecule candidates as probes for reactive oxygen species detection.
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Interactive tactile and kinetic sculpture of a floating dove. Integrates heat, magnets, airflow, carpentry, 3D printing, and light.
Sculpture of a fractured version of Daniel's face absorbing 99.4% of light, with a lightbulb and mirror behind. Featured in Trenton City Art Museum Summer 2026.
Colors shift in this multilayered painting and polarized light artwork. Polarized lenses unlock colors invisible to the naked eye.
Three photographs in one — light- and heat-reactive. Cyanotype, fluorescent, and thermochromic. Barcelona Experimental Photo Festival 2023.
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Head Materials Engineer, building electrodes and production methods. Converting CO₂ to higher-value chemicals via electrochemistry and ML. TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Startup Battlefield 200.
Developed pool casting — a new electrode deposition method — to synthesize metal oxide electrodes on carbon paper for scalable CO₂ reduction.
Targeted CO₂ vibrational modes as strong coupling candidates. Used standing IR waves in an optical cavity to affect UV-induced photoreduction.
Fabricated silver mirrors and semiconductor polymer thin films for strong light-matter coupling affecting photovoltaic properties.
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Post-apocalyptic amorphous avian plague — co-choreographed with Princeton University Ballet.
A compilation reel — pieces and performances spanning multiple styles, stitched into one continuous showcase.
Dance piece surrounding the ghost light mythos, integrating a wirelessly controlled lamp.
Jazz dance workshop — choreographed and led at Princeton University.
I like making things.
I’m happiest when I’m given an interesting problem, a good team, and the freedom to figure out how to make something work. I love brainstorming, thinking through decisions, getting my hands dirty with execution, and—perhaps most of all—seeing an idea become something real. I’m also a great listener. I like understanding what people need, whether that’s a teammate working through a problem or a customer experiencing something I’ve built.
At Princeton, I developed a strong technical foundation through chemistry and engineering research while also pursuing dance. I learned to work well with others, take ownership of my work, and approach unfamiliar problems systematically.
After graduating, I joined an early-stage startup as Head Materials Engineer. I led the development of our electrodes and the system used to fabricate them, systematically optimizing materials, fabrication parameters, and process conditions. In my first three months, our work increased electrode performance from 14% to 96% Faradaic efficiency, and I helped develop a 625× scale-up of electrode production. I also improved the deposition system, including by adding pressure and moisture controls and developing more efficient processes. Working at a small startup taught me how much I enjoy taking ownership, moving quickly, and figuring things out as I go. It also pushed me to grow from executing my own work to sharing my perspective and helping shape broader decisions.
More recently, I’ve worked as a STEM teacher and Operations Advisor while pursuing projects of my own. In six months, I developed an app, invented Rodaspecs—a physical product for experiencing polarized art—and created three interactive artworks. One of those works, F.A.C.E., was selected for a juried exhibition at Trenton City Art Museum. Seeing people engage with things I’ve made has been incredibly rewarding.
I want to keep doing work where I can understand a problem and turn an idea into something people can actually experience. I’m especially excited by customer-facing products, particularly physical or interactive technology.
I’m now looking for an excellent, motivated team in New York City, though I’m also open to the right remote opportunity. Give me an interesting problem and a good team, and I’ll solve it with a smile on my face.
Open to collaborations, research, and interesting problems.
