I’m an architect, engineer, innovator and design leader bringing together the best of different industries to solve unusual design challenges and build an inspiring future. In 2025 I founded The Space Age, a multidisciplinary architecture and design practice.
In previous roles, I worked on landmark architectural projects around the world, helped develop the design of the Orbital Reef space station, and contributed to systems and life support engineering on the Blue Moon Crew Lander supporting NASA’s Artemis program.
My design approach blends creativity and idealism with pragmatism and technical rigor; I believe designing for the future depends on both. I thrive when I’m solving unusual challenges and specialize in exploring edge cases, and inventing prototypes. I work with mission-driven clients who are trying to accomplish something that goes beyond the ordinary.
I'm a graduate of the CU Boulder aerospace engineering program in bioastronautics, the University of Oregon College of Design’s architecture program, and the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. I’m also the Vice Chair of the AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee and co-chair of the International Conference for Environmental Systems Session 502: Space Architecture. I am a licensed architect in the state of Washington.
CV HIGHLIGHTS
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2025-Present Founding Principal, The Space Age
2022-2025 Systems Engineer, Blue Moon MK2 Crew Lander, Blue Origin
ECLSS Design Engineer, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin
2021 Flight Software Systems Engineer, CANVAS CubeSat for Space Science
2018-2020 Architect & Design Computation Specialist, CO Architects
2017-2018 Intermediate Architect, Assembledge+
2015-2017 Architectural Designer, Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign
2014-2015 Architectural Designer, CO Architects
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2026 Solstice: A Modular Partial Gravity Laboratory in Low Earth Orbit, Technical Paper Presentation at AIAA ASCEND, with Shreya Chandra
2026 Artificial Gravity, Panel at AIAA ASCEND
2025 Design for Spaceships, Design for Earth, Panel at USGBC Greenbuild
2025 Space Architecture: The Next Decade of Progress, Panel Moderator at AIAA ASCEND
2024 Extraterrestrial Architecture: Lessons for Spaceship Earth, Panel at AIA National
2023 Human Landing System ECLSS Research and Design, ICES
2022 Architectural Design of a Human-Centered Lunar Geology Lab, ICES
2021 Evolutionary Computing in a Performative Facade Design Process, SimAUD
2019 How to Lose an Interview Using Computational Design, AIA Healthcare Committee
2018 (Some) Machine Learning Applications in Architecture, internal CO Architects
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering - Bioastronautics, University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Architecture, University of Oregon
Master of Public Policy, Public and Nonprofit Management and Leadership, University of Minnesota
Bachelor of Science, Political Science, University of Oregon