I graduated from the University of Nottingham in Mechatronic Engineering and I have worked with Tech Academy where I researched and taught schoolchildren robotics, electronics, and programming from open-source platforms. I have also taught children from indigenous tribal communities in Bandarban, one of the most remote and impoverished places in Bangladesh.

I have also co-founded a nonprofit company, LEAP, where we develop low-cost plastic recycling machine following the open-source blueprints of Precious Plastic. We are working to raise awareness about plastic pollution and optimizing and improving the design of the recycling machines.

Alongside open source projects, I am also working full time as a Research Engineer at ME SOLshare. SOLshare is a social enterprise and it interconnects rural households with Solar Home Systems in a smart solar microgrid and allows users to trade electricity with their neighbors. It monetizes excess solar energy along the value chain in real time with mobile money and empowers communities to earn a direct income from the sun. Check us out here: https://www.me-solshare.com/

I love to play the guitar, ukulele and cajon in my free time. Also, I love to travel and sketch and paint occasionally.