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

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.

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

Hey, I’m Steph!

Awards & Recognitions

Hand selected by Mr. Ishihara (CEO of Pokémon) for the Pokémon Scholarship for work in design. Flown to Toykyo to present my research to the CEO and Pokémon team.
Selected as a scholar of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1951 — a UK organization run by HRH Princess Anne supporting individuals doing cutting-edge scientific research, including thirteen who later won Nobel Prizes.
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 highest honors granted by Vassar College: general honors, (top 20% of graduating students) and departmental honors in physics.