Brian D. (IN A NUTSHELL)

Brian is a Ph.D. student at Columbia University studying Chemical Engineering, where he is discovering novel electrochemical materials by applying statistical machine learning and artificial intelligence methods. Additionally, he is an NSF GRFP and Dean Fellow at Columbia, and during his undergraduate studies was a Reagents and Provost Scholar. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of California San Diego, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and Chemistry and a minor in Accounting. Outside of academia, Brian spends a fair amount of time reading, running through Riverside Park, and with his sister and cat, Bromine. Additionally, Brian has spent the last 8 years volunteer tutoring, where he has been perfecting his private teaching style for courses ranging from computer science, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and physics.