Summary
Jeremy Hitt is a Head of Engineering and electrochemistry-focused technologist with 8+ years of experience building energy storage hardware and data-driven software. He has led laboratory R&D on batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers at Form Energy and MITRE, translating high-throughput experimentation and materials characterization into scalable product insights. Equally fluent in Python, Matlab, C++, and LabVIEW, he combines statistical modeling, machine learning, and computer vision to accelerate materials discovery and device diagnostics. His PhD work under Tom Mallouk produced new alloy electrocatalysts for CO2 electrolyzers and alkaline fuel cells, and he has contributed to open hardware and training efforts like an open-source potentiostat for researchers in Africa. Now leading engineering at UpcycleX from Cambridge, MA, he blends hands-on lab leadership with software-enabled workflows that shorten development cycles. Colleagues describe him as a practical problem-solver who pairs deep electrochemical expertise with a knack for turning messy experimental data into actionable models.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Chemistry, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Chemistry, Physics at The University of Alabama
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry at Penn State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemistry at University of Pennsylvania
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