Director of Battery Intelligence at Lyteflo
Building battery analytics, diagnostics, and data products from raw EV telemetry and service-layer signals.
Material fundamentals
to actionable insights.
Experimental techniques
X-ray diffractometryScanning electron microscopyHigh-precision coulometryElectrochemical impedance spectroscopyXANESEXAFSHigh-performance liquid chromatographyGas chromatographyMass spectrometryCoin cell assemblyICP-OESCyclic voltammetryX-ray diffractometryScanning electron microscopyHigh-precision coulometryElectrochemical impedance spectroscopyXANESEXAFSHigh-performance liquid chromatographyGas chromatographyMass spectrometryCoin cell assemblyICP-OESCyclic voltammetry
Programming and tech
PythonGolangRustC#RayAirflowS3dbtSparkDockerscikit-learnTensorFlowXGBoostAWSPythonGolangRustC#RayAirflowS3dbtSparkDockerscikit-learnTensorFlowXGBoostAWS
Experience
From characterization to deployed battery intelligence
Current
Director of Battery Intelligence · Lyteflo
Turning raw CAN and DOIP streams into useful battery insights for electric vehicles.
- Developing machine learning models for battery degradation, range, and resale value.
- Building data pipelines with Python, Ray, Golang, and AWS.
- Connecting messy operational telemetry to product-ready diagnostics and recommendations.
Research
Ph.D. · McGill University
Investigated how metal substitution changes layered metal oxide cathodes and their electrochemical behavior.
- Developed high-throughput characterization techniques for evaluating 64 cathode materials simultaneously.
- Applied XRD, cyclic voltammetry, ICP-OES, SEM, and machine learning to structure-performance questions.
- Built experimental workflows designed for both scientific rigor and scale.
Industry
Cell Engineering Intern · Tesla
Worked across cathode material QA, electrolyte investigations, custom battery test hardware, and instrumented workflows.
- Performed full cathode material characterization for supplier quality assurance.
- Evaluated cathode and electrolyte combinations through multiple cycling techniques.
- Designed and built temperature-controlled two- and three-electrode test chambers and multi-coin-cell testers from PCB to GUI.
Research
Publications
Paper
Elucidating the impact of metal doping in Li1.15(Ni0.35Mn0.65)0.85O2 cathodes using high-throughput experiments and machine learning
A systematic high-throughput study of 57 dopants across synthesis temperatures, linking structure, electrochemistry, and transition-metal dissolution with machine learning.
Paper
Suppression of Transition Metal Dissolution in Doped NMC 811 Cathode Active Materials, a Combinatorial Study
A combinatorial investigation into dopant strategies that reduce transition-metal dissolution in NMC 811 while preserving cathode performance.
Paper
Combinatorial Investigation of the Impact of Systematic Al Substitution into LiNi1-x-yMnxCoyO2 Materials
A combinatorial study examining how systematic aluminum substitution changes the structure and electrochemical behavior of layered NMC cathodes.
Paper
The role of metal substitutions in the development of Li batteries, part I: cathodes
A review of how metal substitution shapes cathode energy density, safety, cyclability, and the characterization methods needed to evaluate those tradeoffs.