Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 2009 - Present

  Adept skills in conducting multi-step synthesis, able to carry out difficult purification and perform thorough characterization of complex compounds; expert in homogeneous/heterogeneous organometallic catalyzed reactions (Li, Cu,Pd, Zn,Fe…etc) Organic Fluorescent Dyes Jun 09 – Present - Modified functional groups with halogenation, cyanation, electrophilic substitution…etc - Carried synthesis out using boron complexation, transition metal catalyzed cross-coupling - Studied their fluorescent properties ( quantum yield, lifetime…etc) Functional Nanomaterials Jun 11 – Present - Synthesize and integrate molecular motors to nanomaterials - Perform surface functionalization to study interactions with nanomaterial - Modified nanomaterial to increase performance on glass substrate Boron Containing Polymers Aug 13 – Present - Synthesized boron containing monomer to be used for polymerization - Utilized palladium and copper as heterogenous catalyst in polymerization - Fine tuning polymer size with monomer ration and catalyst percentage Show less