Experience

Blackrock Neurotech

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Strategy, Advanced Technology

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  I lead a team of talented scientists and engineers in ideating, creating, and developing advanced technologies for next-generation neuroprosthetics and neuroscience research tools. Advanced materials, cutting-edge neural interfaces, software/algorithm development, and hardware development are just a few of our areas of interest/expertise. I lead a team of talented scientists and engineers in ideating, creating, and developing advanced technologies for next-generation neuroprosthetics and neuroscience research tools. Advanced materials, cutting-edge neural interfaces, software/algorithm development, and hardware development are just a few of our areas of interest/expertise.



University of Utah - Employment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2022

  Author of 15 scientific papers and recipient of the 2022 College of Science outstanding graduate student award. My research focused on creating new functional semiconductor materials, specifically n-type organic semiconductors which are notoriously challenging to work with and have poor performance. Through single-molecule structural modification and morphological control, my work established structural design parameters that maximize sensitivity and reactivity in self-n-doped compounds, which are useful in biosensing, energy harvesting, energy storage, and catalysis. Skills developed: • Synthesis and structural characterization of organic small molecules, including single and multi-step synthesis, flash chromatography, separations, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and mass spectrometry (MS). • Thin-film fabrication and morphological characterization using a variety of techniques including spin-coating, ultrasonic spraying, physical vapor deposition (PVD), and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Morphological characterization via atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS). • Electronic structure characterization of solid materials via continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy, photoluminescence, and near-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure (NEXAFS). • Device fabrication/testing of organic thin-film transistors for carrier mobility extraction. I was central to the establishment of a transistor fabrication and testing module in our laboratory. • Technical writing. Wrote and submitted NSF grant proposal, grant drafting/editing work, and have reviewed numerous manuscripts and proposals



Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Director

  • Aug 2017 - May 2020

  Managed six different teams of graduate students in a wide breadth of entrepreneurial projects bringing innovative products and inventions to market. Provided deep market analysis to board of directors of phase 3 clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. Multiple C-level executive presentations. Developed leadership, market analysis, and market validation skills.

• Associate

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Conducted market research and market validation of smart apartments for Vivint. Our team was credited with the business proposal that led to the 2017 smart apartment agreement between Vivint and AirBNB.



DB Lynix LLC.

• Property Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Sep 2019

  Managed a 10-unit student housing property. Property maintenance, handiwork, management, organization, and conflict resolution. Managed a 10-unit student housing property. Property maintenance, handiwork, management, organization, and conflict resolution.



The University of Utah

• South Korea
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Multistep organic synthesis for small molecule drug therapies. Multistep organic synthesis for small molecule drug therapies.



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Leadership Alliance SR-EIP

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Investigating ovarian cancer in mouse models. Investigating ovarian cancer in mouse models.



Woodman Telcom Group

• Drafter and Engineer

  • Jun 2012 - May 2013

  Telecommunications engineering. Telecommunications engineering.



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  Bacterial culture, sample preparation and viral characterization. Bacterial culture, sample preparation and viral characterization.