I’m an award-winning interdisciplinary design engineer, biomedical researcher, and businesswoman from the San Francisco Bay Area.

My career: Developing novel biotherapeutics —> healthcare management consulting —> MedTech & product design —> entrepreneurship

My background: MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering with highest honors from The Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. Dual bachelor's in biomedical engineering and physics, from Dartmouth and Vassar Colleges, respectively.

Fun Fact: I was hand selected by the CEO of the Pokémon Company and the Royal Commission for 1851 for awards financing my work at the intersection of design + tech

Outside of work: You can catch me hiking a local trail, gaming, or weightlifting!

Hey, I’m Steph!

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Awards & Recognitions

Hand selected as one of two scholars across the RCA by Mr. Ishihara (CEO of Pokémon) and Gareth Loudon (MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering Program Head) for the Pokémon Scholarship.
Selected as a scholar of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal’s Commission for the Exhibition of 1851—an organization dedicated to advancing science and art for productive industry.
Awarded highest honors for MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.
Competed in Imperial Enterprise Lab’s WE Innovate program.
Pitched at London City Hall for the Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Competition.
Finalist in entrepreneurship competition run by the (former) Prince on team Xellyfish, a project aimed at reducing microplastics in water
Team Xellyfish
Awarded general honors, which are granted to the top 20% of graduating students at Vassar College. Also awarded departmental honors in physics, granted to top performing students in the physics major.