Experience

UES, An Eqlipse Company

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Supervisor: Michael F. Durstock Developing arrays of inorganic halide perovskites for lasing applications Supervisor: Michael F. Durstock Developing arrays of inorganic halide perovskites for lasing applications



Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Researcher - Inorganic Chemistry

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2017

  Group: Prof. Younan Xia Nucleation, growth, and etching of noble-metal nanocrystals • Designed, prototyped, and optimized wet-chemistry syntheses of Ag, Pd, and Pt nanocrystals • Collected and analyzed data sets to establish the impact of experimental parameters on the quality of synthetic product • Characterized nano-scale materials with a suite of techniques, including electron microscopy, light spectroscopy, and mass spectroscopy • Maintained and calibrated lab equipment, including PerkinElmer NexION 300Q ICP-MS and PerkinElmer Lambda 750 UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer • Lab safety and inventory manager; trained in cleanroom safety and operation • Collaborated with BASF on a year-long project to develop techniques for the gram-scale synthesis of monodisperse Ag nanocubic catalysts, including in-person technology transfer to BASF personnel • Co-authored, edited, and published 19 peer-reviewed articles; publication list on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hEtzlpwAAAAJ&hl=en Show less



BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Collaborator/Visiting Researcher

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Ekaterina Troussard Development of silver nanocatalysts for the industrial-scale epoxidation of ethylene • Developed techniques for the gram-scale synthesis of monodisperse silver nanocubic catalysts with edge lengths spanning 40 – 110 nm • Personally transferred synthetic and characterization techniques to the BASF lab personnel at the Ludwigshafen, DE HQ Supervisor: Ekaterina Troussard Development of silver nanocatalysts for the industrial-scale epoxidation of ethylene • Developed techniques for the gram-scale synthesis of monodisperse silver nanocubic catalysts with edge lengths spanning 40 – 110 nm • Personally transferred synthetic and characterization techniques to the BASF lab personnel at the Ludwigshafen, DE HQ



KTH Royal Institute of Technology

• Sweden
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Group: Prof. Muhammet Toprak Supervisor: Mohsin Saleemi Development of synthetic routes for creating bulk V-VI semiconducting nanopowders • Developed the bulk synthesis of thermoelectric Sb2Te3 through an acid/base co-precipitation technique, subsequent reduction using thermal and chemical methods • Co-authored and edited a peer-reviewed article based on the work described above Group: Prof. Muhammet Toprak Supervisor: Mohsin Saleemi Development of synthetic routes for creating bulk V-VI semiconducting nanopowders • Developed the bulk synthesis of thermoelectric Sb2Te3 through an acid/base co-precipitation technique, subsequent reduction using thermal and chemical methods • Co-authored and edited a peer-reviewed article based on the work described above



The City College of New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Nov 2008 - Jun 2012

  Group: Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar Research and development of multi-functional Janus particles for use in smart materials • Modified micro- and nanoparticles with surface patches through physical vapor deposition (PVD) • Studied the dynamics of gold- and iron oxide-modified microspheres in the presence of electromagnetic fields • Co-authored and edited 2 peer-reviewed articles Group: Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar Research and development of multi-functional Janus particles for use in smart materials • Modified micro- and nanoparticles with surface patches through physical vapor deposition (PVD) • Studied the dynamics of gold- and iron oxide-modified microspheres in the presence of electromagnetic fields • Co-authored and edited 2 peer-reviewed articles



University of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Reseacher

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2011

  Group: Prof. Dmitri V. Talapin Supervisor: Prof. Maksym V. Kovalenko Synthesis of fully inorganic II-VI semiconductor nanocrystals for use in thin-film field effect transistors (FETs) • Developed wet-chemistry syntheses of monodisperse colloidal solutions of CdTe and CdSe quantum dots for use in FETs • Gained extensive experience in Shlenk line and glove box operation • Modified CdSe nanocrystals with metal chalcogenide complexes, such as Ga2Se3 and In2Se3, to improve conductivity for use in FETs • Assembled and tested FETs based on In2Se3, Sn2Se6, and Ga2Se3-modified quantum dots Show less