Experience

Southwall Technologies

• United States
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Chemist

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Palo Alto, California



Eastman

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advanced Research Chemist

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Kingsport, TN



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

  Bryan/College Station, Texas Area Making polyolefin-bound indenyl and Cp ligands and installing the ligands onto transition metals. Making PIB-bound Grubbs catalysts.



Jack R. Norton Research Group at Columbia University

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2010 - May 2015

  New York, NY • Designed, synthesized and characterized four Rh(III) and Ir(III) hydride complexes and studied their electrochemical properties and reactivity towards the regioselective hydrogenation of pyridinium cations. • Developed a remarkably effective Rh hydride catalyst, one million times more efficient than our previously best one, for the hydrogenation of iminium cations. • Discovered the first metal hydride complex that is super-efficient in both hydride and hydrogen atom transfer reactions… Show more • Designed, synthesized and characterized four Rh(III) and Ir(III) hydride complexes and studied their electrochemical properties and reactivity towards the regioselective hydrogenation of pyridinium cations. • Developed a remarkably effective Rh hydride catalyst, one million times more efficient than our previously best one, for the hydrogenation of iminium cations. • Discovered the first metal hydride complex that is super-efficient in both hydride and hydrogen atom transfer reactions, and studied the kinetics and thermodynamics of its hydride, hydrogen atom and proton transfer properties. • Developed room temperature conversion for the chiral-at-metal Ru hydride complexes with > 95 % optical purity, the resolution of which was not achieved over the past decade. Show less



University of Science and Technology of China

• China
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Asistant

  • Oct 2008 - Jul 2010

  Hefei, Anhui, China Worked with Prof. Guangzhao Zhang to study the anti-fouling polymer materials for coating: • Spearheaded a project to make poly(sebacic anhydride)−poly(ethylene glycol) (PSA-co-PEG) block copolymers for anti-fouling materials with self-polishing properties. • Synthesized polyurethanes (PUs) with various amounts of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) by two-step condensation polymerization and studied their anti-fouling properties. • Prepared hydrophobic PU surfaces with branched vinyl groups… Show more Worked with Prof. Guangzhao Zhang to study the anti-fouling polymer materials for coating: • Spearheaded a project to make poly(sebacic anhydride)−poly(ethylene glycol) (PSA-co-PEG) block copolymers for anti-fouling materials with self-polishing properties. • Synthesized polyurethanes (PUs) with various amounts of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) by two-step condensation polymerization and studied their anti-fouling properties. • Prepared hydrophobic PU surfaces with branched vinyl groups and immobilized zwitterionic poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) through radical polymerization. Show less



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Rearch Intern

  • Jul 2009 - Sep 2009

  Los Angeles, CA Worked with Prof. Robin L. Garrell to study the potential of microfluidic devices on heterogeneous catalysis: • Synthesized TEMPO-coated magnetic nanoparticles and performed catalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol on droplet-based microfluidic device.