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”

MIT News, 2023

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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

 
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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

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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.

 
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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

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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)

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

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

Principal Teaching Assistant: Reactor Design, Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, and Chemical Process Analysis; 2014-2016

US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Imperial College London; 2016-2017

US-UK Fulbright Scholar, Imperial College London; 2016-2017

MS Chemistry, Imperial College London: Award for Outstanding Performance, First Prize Chemistry Conference Talk; 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)

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 Summ…

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…

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

15 National/International Conference Presentations; 2016-2020

 

Get in Touch.

mlaitz11@gmail.com