About
My background is in chemical engineering, and over the past several years I have moved between academic research, heavy industry, and venture building. I completed a BScE in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick, and I live in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Hexoris
I co-founded Hexoris Inc., which began as a chemical engineering capstone project at UNB and grew into a serious attempt to commercialize a reactor process for low-carbon graphitized anode materials targeting the lithium-ion battery supply chain. I led the company's financial modelling, commercialization roadmap, pitching, and fundraising, with supporting work on systems design. Hexoris was selected as a 2026 NBIF Breakthru Live Finale finalist, one of five companies chosen from more than 80 New Brunswick ventures, competing for $200,000 in equity investment. Given the cost and timeline of technical validation, and the difficulty of finding the right people at the right time under capital constraints, I began to understand how demanding deeptech company formation is when the commercial path depends on expensive experimental proof. I exited Hexoris in May 2026 to pursue new work.
Current work
Through a Mitacs Accelerate internship with Thermweave Inc., I am developing a dip-coating process that bonds carbon nanomaterials to common base fabrics such as polyester, nylon, and cotton, in order to improve their thermal conductivity. My role covers the literature review, developing the coating chemistry, running the dip-coating trials, measuring thermal conductivity with the Transient Plane Source method, and the statistical analysis that links process variables to thermal outcomes. The work is advancing the technology from a laboratory concept toward a validated process, with applications across performance apparel, bedding, and tactical gear.
Through an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, I am working with Dr. Felipe Chibante on high temperature thermal plasma conversion of carbon dioxide. My role includes designing the reactor, specifying the monitoring and instrumentation, writing the standard operating procedures, running the testing program, and analyzing the data. At this stage the aim is to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, which has value of its own as a syngas feedstock, with higher value products as a longer-term goal. The broader motivation is carbon dioxide utilization, and when the conversion is powered by renewable electricity, it opens a path toward carbon-neutral or carbon-negative process cycles.
What is next
I am beginning the Master of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at UNB in September 2026, where I am developing new venture directions.
Background
I completed my BScE in Chemical Engineering at UNB in the First Division, with a CGPA of 3.9 out of 4.3, minors in Business and Mathematics, and a Diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship. I completed three co-op terms, at Irving Pulp and Paper, Irving Paper, and Michelin North America, where I worked on effluent treatment plant commissioning and hydrogen sulfide emissions trials, a sludge pilot project, and shop operations as the lead for a machine family that processed approximately 90% of site production. I served as Vice President and then President of Enactus UNB, where our team won the Atlantic regional Pool B Impact & Innovation Challenge and advanced to the national final at the 2026 Enactus Canada National Exposition in Montreal, where I delivered our presentation.