Adam works to provide data, visualizations and insights to his colleagues, as well as training them how to use the tools necessary to create for themselves.
Before joining Builders, Adam was a scientist on the innovation team for an ag-tech startup focused on reducing food waste. There, he developed new products, designed statistical procedures for experiments, and optimized chemical sensor output processing. His previous industrial roles involved more traditional data science at Basis Technologies and Uptake Corp., where he built models to analyze digital advertising data and the sensor outputs of large-scale farming and mining equipment.
Prior to entering data science, Adam studied math and physics at Lawrence University before earning a PhD in theory and modeling from the Chemistry Department at Northwestern University. He then completed two postdoctoral research fellowships at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern. His research focused on nanoparticle catalysts for synthesizing green oxidants, mimics of the human carbonic anhydrase molecule for faster carbon sequestration, and the optimization of chemical mechanisms in biofuel synthesis.
In his free time, Adam enjoys reading, traveling with his kids, playing baseball, and running with his dog, Rocket.