Experience

TC Scientific Inc.

• Canada
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist II

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Research Chemist

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2021

  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • Process development and custom synthesis (mg-kg scale). • Multi-step synthesis of stable isotope labeled compounds (1-100 g scale).



University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2018

  Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area • Monomer, oligomer and polymer structural design, synthesis and purification • Lead battery sub-group research. Engage synthetic chemists, electrochemists and engineers to develop battery prototype for grid energy storage.



University of Arizona

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2015

  Tucson, Arizona Area • Developed near-IR light absorbing macrocycles for organic photovoltaics (OPV). • Enhanced the π-π interaction of conjugate organic macrocycles (phthalocyanine) via structure/route design and crystal engineering. • Investigated the molecular packing behavior of material by X-ray diffraction. Studied the substituent effect on material aggregation by UV-Vis spectroscopy. • Fabricated semi-conductive thin films by spin-coating followed by annealing treatments. Characterized thin film… Show more • Developed near-IR light absorbing macrocycles for organic photovoltaics (OPV). • Enhanced the π-π interaction of conjugate organic macrocycles (phthalocyanine) via structure/route design and crystal engineering. • Investigated the molecular packing behavior of material by X-ray diffraction. Studied the substituent effect on material aggregation by UV-Vis spectroscopy. • Fabricated semi-conductive thin films by spin-coating followed by annealing treatments. Characterized thin film morphology and charge (hole) mobility by atomic force microscopy (AFM).

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 2010 - 2015

  • Instructed undergraduate students to perform basic organic synthesis (hydrogenation, Diels-Alder, esterification, etc.), compound purification (chromatography, crystallization, distillation, etc.) and structural analysis (FT-IR, GC, NMR, etc.).



National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Fellow

  • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Golden, CO • Fabrication of Pc/P3HT hetero-junction (the light harvesting and charge generation component in solar cells). • Investigation of free charge generation at the interface by time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC).



Xiamen University

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • 2006 - 2009

  • Developed synthetic methodologies for effective formation of S-Aryl, Se-Aryl, and Te-Aryl using Cu(I) catalyzed coupling reactions. • Optimized reaction conditions and developed an aero-tolerant synthetic methodology for P-C bond formation between terminal alkynes and H-phosphonates.