Tough tech investor @ Engine Ventures
Ex-Bain | PhD MIT | US-UK Fulbright Scholar
Professional with experience in engineering, venture creation, and business strategy, specializing in climate / sustainability and next-generation energy technologies from semiconductor device physics to energy transition initiatives. Continually looking for collaborations to accelerate renewable energy adoption through technical, economic, and systems strategies.
Contact for independent consulting services
History
Consultant, Bain & Company
Consultant in Bain Boston’s Private Equity Group and Energy & Natural Resources practice
2022 – 2024
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2017 – 2022
Recent research highlights:
M.S. Chemistry
Imperial College London, US-UK Fulbright Scholar
2016-2017
B.S. Chemical Engineering
University of Rochester, Magna Cum Laude with Highest Distinction
2012 – 2016
Study unlocks nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells
MIT News, 2024
Study reveals new ways for exotic quasiparticles to “relax”
At MIT:
Synthesizing and characterizing materials and devices sustaining room-temperature all-optical operations as an alternative to electronic computing
Developing next-generation lightweight and flexible solar cells: R&D from materials to large-area printed photovoltaics, market analysis, incubating startups
Engineering ultra-thin, light-weight, and flexible hydrogen fuel cells demonstrating record high cathodic platinum utilization efficiencies for high volumetric power-density applications
At Imperial College London
At the University of Rochester:
Examining the fate, transport, prevalence, and toxicology of lanthanide metals and indium in the environment
Incorporating computational fluid dynamics (ANSYS Fluent) into fluid dynamics pedagogy
Community.
Fellow with MIT’s Violence Prevention and Response Office developing strategic DEI policy change with academic leadership and providing conflict management services
Graduate Community Fellow at MIT
Founder of THRIVE at MIT:
Organization advocating for diversity, equity, & inclusion through policy change
Designed and launched one of the largest Graduate Application Assistance Programs in the US
Highlights.
President’s Award for Undergraduate Research; 2016
(University of Rochester President Joel Seligman, left)
MIT GridEdge Flexible Roll-to-Roll Solar Cells: developing and commercializing light-weight and flexible solar; 2017-present
Principal Teaching Assistant: Reactor Design, Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, and Chemical Process Analysis; 2014-2016
US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Imperial College London; 2016-2017
MS Chemistry, Imperial College London: Award for Outstanding Performance, First Prize Chemistry Conference Talk; 2017
US-UK Fulbright Conference Talk: Organic Electronics - Sustainability at the Nanoscale; 2017 (Link)
Concertmaster of Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, First Violinist Meliora Piano Quintet (University of Rochester), Principal Second Violinist of University of London and Imperial College Symphony Orchestras (London), Assistant Concertmaster MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra (MIT), Second Violinist Cambridge Quartet (Boston); 2013-present
BS Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester: Robert L. Wells Prize, Shelby A. Miller Prize, Dean’s Award for Research, Eisenberg Award for Chemical Engineering, Dean’s Prize in Creative Writing for Poetry, Winner of Concerto Competition (violin); 2013-2016
15 National/International Conference Presentations; 2016-2020
Get in Touch.
mlaitz11@gmail.com