Hi, I'm Milo – a software engineer focused on climate.

I studied computer science at MIT, where my research focused on autonomous robotics and computer vision. I've explored a few different areas through my work: autonomous cars/drones, ocean farming, the energy grid, carbon crediting, alternative proteins, and biomanufacturing.The goal of this blog is rational optimism; I'd like to clarify my own thinking about how the world could and should get even better. Right now, I'm focused on climate change, the food system, and learning about synthetic biology.By day, I'm a software engineer at Synonym, which builds infrastructure for biomanufacturing. If you're working on biomanufacturing, alternative proteins, agriculture, or climate more broadly, I'd love to chat.Outside of work, I'm a triathlon enthusiast and enjoy following endurance sports. You'll usually find me biking, running, or at the pool.
Future Food #5: Climbing the energy price ladderA handy chart for figuring out if you can use X to make Y
Future Food #4: Indoor agricultureVertical farming is overhyped, but greenhouses will play a key role in climate adaptation and food security
Idea Compass #5: PredictionsCarbon dioxide removal, decarbonizing transportation, and alternative proteins
Idea Compass #4: LoonshotsGrand visions that failed to materialize
Idea Compass #3: Faster HorsesNetflix, BlackBerry, industrial carbon capture, and my own failed startups
Idea Compass #2: GimmicksDon't be the next Juicero
Idea Compass #1: OverviewMore resources can be mobilized behind bad ideas than ever before
Aerodynamic driving could reduce US emissions by 1%A (mostly) unserious climate solution
Future Food #3: The unreasonable effectiveness of plantsDespite their inefficiency, plants will remain the foundation of our food supply
Future Food #2: Artificial photosynthesisThe benefits and possible foundations of a synthetic food supply
Future Food #1: Trophic levelsFood is ultra-processed sunlight
How should companies and individuals fund climate action?If you had $2 billion to spend on solving climate change, what would you do?
What is consumed carbon intensity, and why is it important?A blog post from my time at Singularity Energy
Blue Meadow: What I learned from a year as a solo founderHere are some of the lessons I’ve learned, most of them the hard way.
Paper: Toward Robust and Efficient Online Adaptation for Deep Stereo Depth Estimation (ICRA 2021)My first (and so far only) conference paper
Thesis: Toward robust deep stereo networks: uncertainty learning, novelty detection, and online adaptationMy masters thesis at MIT