Experience

Minnesota Nano Center

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Associate Director of Laboratory Operations for the Minnesota Nano Center (MNC), a state-of-the-art facility for interdisciplinary research in nanoscience and applied nanotechnology, consisting of approximately 9,000 sq. ft of class 10/100 cleanroom space, and other labs focusing on biological, and colloidal/surface science applications. Associate Director of Laboratory Operations for the Minnesota Nano Center (MNC), a state-of-the-art facility for interdisciplinary research in nanoscience and applied nanotechnology, consisting of approximately 9,000 sq. ft of class 10/100 cleanroom space, and other labs focusing on biological, and colloidal/surface science applications.



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior advanced physicist

  • Dec 2016 - Jan 2022

  Team lead for a collaborative research initiative focused on new materials development and integration into manufacturing. SME for advanced physics modeling to solve technical challenges in creating and sustaining extreme environment systems.

• Senior Scientist

  • May 2012 - Dec 2016

  Led research programs for the development of advanced technology platforms.Pursued, won, and executed externally funded contracts (DARPA, USSOCOM, NATICK, DHS, DNDO, DTRA, etc.).Created and led internally funded research programs for the advancement of Honeywell's core competencies and expansion of Honeywell's product portfolios.Represented Honeywell as an Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) member to advise universities towards industrial relevant research topics and to promote/create collaborations between industry and academia for the advancement of science and technology.Research areas included, radiation detection, physiological sensing, filtration/separations, materials and coatings development, and sensor development. Show less



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Jan 2011 - May 2012

  Development of graphene-based electronic materials and electronic devices. Designed and built a multi-user Chemical Vapor Deposition reactor (CVD), which was installed in the Nanofabrication Center at the University of Minnesota. Development of graphene-based electronic materials and electronic devices. Designed and built a multi-user Chemical Vapor Deposition reactor (CVD), which was installed in the Nanofabrication Center at the University of Minnesota.



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate student, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

  • 2002 - 2007

  Research included: -Tandem computational and combinatorial strategies for the selective crystallization of polymorphic crystal systems. -Epitaxial growth mechanisms at the interfaces of organic-metal frameworks comprising structurally analogous heterocrystals. -Investigation on the crystallographic structures of dielectrophoretically assembled particles fabricated by lithographic processes to exhibit anisotropic geometry analogous to the van der Waals surface contours of molecules in the polyacene family. -Finite Element Analysis of the flow and mass transfer limitations at crystallizing interfaces inside an AFM fluid cell. Show less



Higher Dimension Research / Higher Dimension Medical

• Product Development Engineer

  • Dec 1997 - Aug 2002

  Technology development and manufacturing scale-up for various SuperFabric® brand products (a family of products exhibiting cut/puncture resistance properties while maintaining good flexibility through the engineering of composite, custom-developed materials). Technology development and manufacturing scale-up for various SuperFabric® brand products (a family of products exhibiting cut/puncture resistance properties while maintaining good flexibility through the engineering of composite, custom-developed materials).