Experience

Trent University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Researcher

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Trained and supervised undergraduate students’ research projectsDesigned, synthesized, and characterized carbon-based hybrid materialsPublished research in the primary literature

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Jan 2023

  Researched and developed novel procedures for the modification of activated carbonOperated a variety of instruments for the characterization of materialsPresented results in weekly meetings to supervisor and industrial partnerAccredited as an inventor on patents filed with industrial partner, Carbonix

• Academic Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2022

  Supervised laboratories for 1st year chemistry, 2nd year analytical chemistry, 2nd year transition metal chemistry, 3rd year main group chemistryLed tutorials for 1st year chemistry and 2nd year analytical chemistry

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC)Method development for preconcentrating mercury in large water samples using gold-coated silica nanoparticles



University of Guelph

• Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Student Research Assistant

  • May 2017 - Aug 2018

  Student research assistant in the department of horticulture during the summers of 2017 and 2018 Student research assistant in the department of horticulture during the summers of 2017 and 2018