Experience

Impressio.tech

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and CSO

  • Jul 2017 - 6 years 6 months

  Denver, Colorado



K1C Consulting LLC

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Biomaterials Lead

  • Jan 2017 - 7 years

  Greater Denver Area Designed and developed new devices Determined proper polymer materials for fabrication of medical devices Created Design Requirements Documents Followed ISO and FDA standards for development of new devices



Livity Technologies (Livity.co)

• Polymer Scientist and Biomaterials Lead

  • Feb 2015 - Dec 2021

  Greater Denver Area Designing new materials for ultra-low cost Upper-Extremity prosthetics Assisted the team with NIH SBIR application



University of Colorado Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2020

  Greater Denver Area University of Colorado Denver – Denver, Colorado Taught Properties of Materials laboratory and Introduction to Material Science course Assisted with writing an R01 and R21 NIH grant Received NSF Innovation Corps (NSF I-CorpsTM) grant Learned the Customer Development Methodology and Lean Startup movement through the fellowship program at National Science Foundation for an orthopedic implant - Innovation Corps (NSF I-CorpsTM) Built an electrospinning device for fabrication of… Show more University of Colorado Denver – Denver, Colorado Taught Properties of Materials laboratory and Introduction to Material Science course Assisted with writing an R01 and R21 NIH grant Received NSF Innovation Corps (NSF I-CorpsTM) grant Learned the Customer Development Methodology and Lean Startup movement through the fellowship program at National Science Foundation for an orthopedic implant - Innovation Corps (NSF I-CorpsTM) Built an electrospinning device for fabrication of transcorneal shunt implant (saved $10,000) Determined proper polymer materials for fabrication of transcorneal shunt filter Research Collaboration with Velóce Digital Health LLC (Nano Pharmaceutical Lab LLC) – Denver, Colorado Developed a smart capsule (SmartTab) drug delivery system Designed and built a microvalve system and smart polymer actuators for the SmartTab using polymer synthesis and 3D printing techniques Used the Biodesign techniques for identifying, inventing, and implementing medical technologies Followed ISO and FDA standards for development of SmartTab Submitted NIH and NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants as a principal investigator Applied Lean Startup and Customer Development Methodology for product development Show less



University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Greater Denver Area Built a start-up lab and coordinated equipment purchases with approximately $15,000 of saving Learned how to manage a start-up lab and followed safe laboratory practices and procedures Mentored a professional research assistant Fabricated new materials for intraocular lenses (IOLs) Synthesized siloxane based hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanogels Investigated application of nanogels as a filler in IOLs and as a coating for drug delivery purposes Developed new implantable… Show more Built a start-up lab and coordinated equipment purchases with approximately $15,000 of saving Learned how to manage a start-up lab and followed safe laboratory practices and procedures Mentored a professional research assistant Fabricated new materials for intraocular lenses (IOLs) Synthesized siloxane based hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanogels Investigated application of nanogels as a filler in IOLs and as a coating for drug delivery purposes Developed new implantable devices for the eye, such as lacrimal device, for sustained delivery of drugs Followed ISO and FDA standards for IOL fabrication and characterization. Show less



Syracuse University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - May 2014

  Syracuse, New York Area Synthesized polymer networks such as liquid crystalline (LC) polymers Developed a novel method to incorporate dyes and nanoparticles into the polymers via electrospinning Fabricated Fiber/Matrix based anisotropic shape-memory composites Characterized the thermal properties, mechanical properties in both shear and tensile mode, and phase behavior to understand the effect of synthetic parameters on bulk properties Studied one-way and two-way shape memory in soft elastomeric networks… Show more Synthesized polymer networks such as liquid crystalline (LC) polymers Developed a novel method to incorporate dyes and nanoparticles into the polymers via electrospinning Fabricated Fiber/Matrix based anisotropic shape-memory composites Characterized the thermal properties, mechanical properties in both shear and tensile mode, and phase behavior to understand the effect of synthetic parameters on bulk properties Studied one-way and two-way shape memory in soft elastomeric networks using DMA and X-ray (WAXS/SAXS) to reveal underlying phenomena contributing to shape-memory Explored shape-memory of surfaces in hydrogels by embossing and recovering via heat or hydration Processed different polymer networks by using micro extruder Performed isothermal cure, dynamic cure, and chemorheology to study the cure kinetics of epoxies Trained other researchers on GPC, X-ray, micro extruder, rheometer, and LVEM TEM/SEM instruments and performed regular maintenance Performed cytotoxicity study to quantify the metabolic activity of the cells during interaction with polymeric materials Prepared samples for Transmission Electron Microscopy using a microtome Show less



Meliora Devices, LLC

• Co-Founder and Principal Investigator

  • 2013 - 2014

  Syracuse, New York Area Applied for NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant Received the Upstate Golisano Children’s hospital grant Planned for commercialization of a novel method for near-infrared fluorescent labeling/imaging of medical devices Attended the pre-seed workshop organized by the Syracuse Technology Garden



The National Institutes of Health

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2008 - Jul 2008

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Performed cell culture and applied biochemical assays such as viability assay Conducted experiments and analyzed data to present in both orally and written fashion



Moazzam & Associates, LLC

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Associate

  • 2006 - 2008

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Assisted in preparation of patent applications related to high tech inventions in the field of medical devices Built and facilitated client relationships for maintaining clear understanding of client requests