• Paul Cadario Fellowship in Global Engineering ($8,900) 2025

• NSERC CGS MSFSS ($6,000) 2024

• Mitacs Globalink Research Award ($6,000) 2024

• TD MDAL Research Grant ($4,000) 2023

• NSERC Vanier CGS ($150,000) 2023 - 2025

  - Canada's most competitive PhD scholarship (~4% acceptance rate)

• NSERC CGS D ($105,000) [Declined] 2023 - 2025

• Wallberg Research Fellowship ($7,500) 2022

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000) 2021

• NSERC CGS M ($17,500) 2020

Coffee

I enjoy making, drinking, and sharing coffee. I use the Breville Bambino Plus espresso machine and the Smart Grinder Pro. I'm constantly trying to improve my latte art.

Golf

I got into golf during the pandemic as a way to see friends while social distancing, and I’ve been an avid (but mediocre) golfer ever since. I’ve played in 3 countries, 9 states, and 2 provinces, and I’m always looking for a playing partner during conferences.

Travel

My wife and I love traveling, here’s where we’ve gone over the last four years: Canada (Edmonton, Montreal, Quebec City), Costa Rica (La Fortuna, Tamarindo), England (London, Oxford), France (Lisieux, Lourdes, Paris), India (Goa, Mangalore, Mumbai), Ireland (Dublin, Galway), Italy (Florence, Rome), Mexico (Mexico City), Portugal (Fatima, Lisbon, Porto), Spain (San Sebastián), Switzerland (Zurich), United States (Boston, Hanover, Montpelier, NYC, Portland, Washington).

Books

Academic papers took over my reading for a while, but I’m commited to read more novels and memoirs in 2025. Here’s what I’ve read so far: Born a Crime (Trevor Noah), Call for the Dead (John le Carré), Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain), Life of the Beloved (Henri Nouwen), Mort (Terry Pratchett), Murder in Retrospect and The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie), Stay True (Hua Hsu), The Apollo Murders (Chris Hadfield), The Undoing Project (Michael Lewis), Trickery (Roald Dahl). I'm open to further suggestions!