About

Kyle Michelson is a highly accomplished Director of Technology at DeFi Devs with a strong background in nanomaterials, optics, and sensors. He is responsible for seeking out technology-heavy applications for the Accumulate protocol and forming collaborations with academic partners to develop new technologies. Kyle has a demonstrated speed of 70,000 TPS with a roadmap to several million TPS and a novel architecture that allows parallel scaling without limit. He anchors to Layer 1 blockchains for added security and offers identity and key management capabilities that enable complex DeFi operations. In his previous roles, Kyle served as a research scientist at UT Austin, where he developed Raman-based sensors to detect contaminants in water, micro-3D printed cellular scaffolds to study neuron pathfinding, and lab-on-fiber probes to characterize cellular communication. As the CTO of Lab 91, he leveraged his skills in materials science, synthetic organic chemistry, and electrostatics to build revolutionary techniques for the large-scale transfer and CMOS integration of 2D materials. Kyle has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering from the University of Illinois, a Master's degree in Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering from the University of Delaware, and a Bachelor of Science degree in the same field from the University of Delaware. His TechStack includes DeFi, Research Scientist, Blockchain, Senior Software Engineer, Big Data, and Integration. With 5.03 years of relevant experience, Kyle is a valuable asset to any organization.