Experience

Exponent

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Scientist

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  I am a polymer chemist who specializes in materials characterization, compositional analysis, and process improvement with an emphasis on materials and products designed for medical device and pharmaceutical applications.

• Senior Managing Scientist

  • Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

  Menlo Park, California, United States

• Managing Scientist, Polymer Science & Materials Chemistry

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2021

  Menlo Park, CA

• Senior Scientist, Polymer Science & Materials Chemistry

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

  Menlo Park, CA

• Scientist

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

  Menlo Park, CA



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ph.D. Candidate

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2016

  My research involves the design and synthesis of new, degradable materials for drug, probe and oligonucleotide delivery. -Synthesized, formulated and evaluated surface-tunable, self-assembling nanoparticles comprising amphipathic block carbonate co-polymers for intracellular siRNA and mRNA delivery -Designed, synthesized, and characterized a novel class of functionalized cyclic carbonate monomers for organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization utilizing glycerol as a degradable… Show more My research involves the design and synthesis of new, degradable materials for drug, probe and oligonucleotide delivery. -Synthesized, formulated and evaluated surface-tunable, self-assembling nanoparticles comprising amphipathic block carbonate co-polymers for intracellular siRNA and mRNA delivery -Designed, synthesized, and characterized a novel class of functionalized cyclic carbonate monomers for organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization utilizing glycerol as a degradable, biocompatible starting material -Developed a new electrostatic nanoparticle complexation and cellular delivery strategy for inositol-pyrophosphate derivatives using amphipathic carbonate co-polymers -Synthesized bioactivatable peptide-drug conjugates for topical drug delivery Show less



W. L. Gore & Associates

• United States
• Medical Device
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Hire

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Flagstaff, Arizona Area Analytical Chemistry Lab - Heparin Coatings Team Instrument qualification and method validation of quantitative activity assays for Carmeda BioActive Surface heparin-coated GORE-TEX for vascular devices. Interfaced with a diverse panel, including the Medical Division’s FDA regulatory director, to streamline the approval of the heparin activity assays for manufacturing quality control



Loyola Marymount University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer - Organic Chemistry Lab

  • 2010 - 2011

  Greater Los Angeles Area Instructed Organic Chemistry I Laboratory course Prepared and delivered weekly lectures on chemical reactions and laboratory safety Managed 3 teaching assistants and trained beginning undergraduates in safe and proper organic lab techniques



W. L. Gore & Associates

• United States
• Medical Device
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Hire

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Flagstaff, Arizona Area Analytical Chemistry Lab - Heparin Coatings Team



W. L. Gore & Associates

• United States
• Medical Device
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Hire

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  Data collection and analysis for GLP and pilot pre-clinical cardiovascular device studies in vivo. Population of a searchable database of 40 years of medical device research.