Experience

Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  - Ran student board meetings and met weekly with the CSN admin team as the elected student board liaison. - Co-chair of the Community Building Committee that onboards new students, plans student activities at All-Hands meetings, and runs a t-shirt contest and fundraiser. - Hosted 2 lab exchanges to teach CSN collaborators about toxicity assays I perform on their nanomaterials. - Presented to members of the National Science Foundation and reviewers at a Site Visit. - Served as the Student/SPRING Board Representative for the Haynes group and attended student board meetings to provide lab updates and input on CSN weekly meeting structure. - Performed a lab exchange to UC-Riverside as part of a collaboration to investigate infiltration of nanoparticles into seeds for agricultural applications. Show less



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  - Research in Dr. Christy Haynes' lab in the Department of Chemistry focused on materials chemistry and bioanalytical work. - My research is focused on the development of silica nanoparticles for sustainable agricultural applications.- I also investigate the toxicology of nanoparticles in environmentally relevant bacterial model systems.- Mentored and trained 2 undergraduates and 3 graduate students in analytical and microbiological techniques.- Serve as a Lab Safety Officer to improve safety culture in a lab of 15+ members. Conduct biannual departmental safety audits, monthly lab cleanups, and annual lab safety refresher presentations. Show less

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - May 2019

  I have 1 year of teaching experience as an Analytical Chemist Lab Teaching Assistant. Taught ~60 students and graded lab reports for two semesters on the following experiments:- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy: Polymer Blend Composition Analysis- Sample Preparation of a Chocolate Sample: UV-vis and HPLC Analysis- Determination of Vitamin C in Orange Juice by Iodometric Titration



3M

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• 3M Research and Development Graduate Intern

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Performed research in the Corporate Research Materials Lab (CRML) at 3M. - Focused on designing vertical flow biodiagnostic devices for SARS-CoV-2 testing. - Performed research in the Corporate Research Materials Lab (CRML) at 3M. - Focused on designing vertical flow biodiagnostic devices for SARS-CoV-2 testing.



University of Minnesota Duluth

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

  - Independent research in the analytical chemistry lab of Dr. Melissa Maurer-Jones.- Research focused on the development of a method to quantify oxidation within polymers through ATR-FTIR characterization.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Course: Quantitative Analysis Lab- Aided students with lab techniques and instrumentation.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016

  - Worked in Dr. Anne Hindeliter's lab and focused on growing and purifying recombinant proteins for various studies.



Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemistry and Materials Science Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  - Worked in the Nuclear Chemical Engineering lab of Dr. Robert Duckworth - Produced polymers using extruders and a thermal hot press to study their oxidation and degradation. - Worked in the Nuclear Chemical Engineering lab of Dr. Robert Duckworth - Produced polymers using extruders and a thermal hot press to study their oxidation and degradation.