A computational scientist, skier, outdoor enthusiast, husband, father, amateur photographer, and follower of Jesus who lives in Cambridge, MA.

Expertise: mathematical analysis, numerical methods, high performance computing, scientific computing, electrochemistry, lithium-ion batteries, phase transformations, porous media

I have a broad research background that spans academics and industry, and includes theoretical, computational, and laboratory expertise. With over a decade of experience researching lithium-ion batteries, I have developed new mathematical models, contributed to open-source software development, measured and analyzed acoustic emissions from batteries, and developed laboratory techniques for characterizing the transport properties of concentrated electrolytes. I also spent time in the oil industry where I developed models of viscous flow in porous materials and found a solution to a numerical convergence problem with Newton’s Method.

My first exposure to lithium-ion batteries came a postdoctoral associate at MIT, where I worked with Martin Bazant in the Department of Chemical Engineering. I developed electrokinetic phase-field models of the phase-separating behavior of lithium iron phosphate nanoparticles. This work is described in detail here.

I received my doctoral degree in the Department of Materials Science Engineering at MIT, under the supervision of Craig Carter, where I developed a multiphase phase-field model. Read more about my PhD thesis.

I was an undergraduate at Northwestern University, where I received a degree in Materials Science and a degree in Computer Science. It was as an undergraduate researcher working for Peter Voorhees that I was first introduced to the phase-field method. I also played trumpet in the Northwestern University Marching (NUMB) and NU Jazz Ensemble.

I am a follower of Christ Jesus and a member of Park Street Church in Boston, which I have attended since the beginning of grad school, and where I volunteer as a scientific writing instructor for international scholars in the ESL program.

I love spending time outdoors and my favorite activity is skiing. While waiting for ski season during the summer, I also enjoy hiking, backpacking, and finishing, and I have hiked nearly all of the New England 4000-footers.