Experience

Chemstar Products

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Chemisty

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  •Projects involving breakthrough technology •R&D support for the mining division •Projects involving breakthrough technology •R&D support for the mining division



Minnesota Rubber and Plastics - Now Part of Trelleborg

• United States
• Plastics and Rubber Product Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• New Product Development Chemist

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2018

  •Created novel small molecules and polymers for use in the surface modification of rubber as part of a project to develop a platform technology for a variety of industrial applications •Designed and executed 15-20 experiments per week with the goal of obtaining a proprietary, commercially-viable rubber product with unique physical and chemical properties •Contributed to a cross-functional team to secure further financing for the project and understand the needs of clients interested in the technology •Coordinated with two collaborators and a lawyer to file a recent non-provisional patent and provided 21 out of 35 examples •Worked internally and externally with engineers to design equipment specified for the needs of the project • Co-lead meetings regularly with a key customer to understand their needs and inform the team’s work to meet their specifications Show less



Princeton Review

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• MCAT Organic Chemistry Instructor

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  Taught 4 Organic Chemistry lectures as part of an MCAT prep course. Taught 4 Organic Chemistry lectures as part of an MCAT prep course.



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Sep 2016

  •Developed catalytic, conjugate addition reactions of phenylboronic acids to 2-methylchromenones •Devised catalytic, asymmetric dipolar cycloadditions of azomethine ylides with 3-nitroindoles to deliver pyrroloindolines •Designed catalytic, asymmetric dipolar cycloadditions of nitrile imines with methyleneindolinones to deliver highly enantioenriched pyrazolino-spirooxindoles • Mentored an undergraduate student who co-published work as a contributing author in a peer-reviewed journal • Coached two undergraduate students through a self-designed research project Show less



University of Saint Thomas

• Saint Paul, MN

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2008 - Jul 2011

  •Synthesized pairs of “bridge-flipped” benzylideneanilines in search of crystallographically isostructural isomeric benzylideneanilines •Designed a supercritical, continuous flow synthesis of biodiesel and identified a double bond migration process in the fatty acid tails •Synthesized pairs of “bridge-flipped” benzylideneanilines in search of crystallographically isostructural isomeric benzylideneanilines •Designed a supercritical, continuous flow synthesis of biodiesel and identified a double bond migration process in the fatty acid tails