Experience

Sonata Scientific

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  I am focused on developing products that will reduce the presence of pathogens in the air and on high-touch surfaces. My responsibilities include: - Engaging potential customers, key opinion leaders, and future end-users to identify the various needs within different market segments - Communicate and technological approach and product vision to appropriate government agencies and apply for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding - Design and develop products that reduce… Show more I am focused on developing products that will reduce the presence of pathogens in the air and on high-touch surfaces. My responsibilities include: - Engaging potential customers, key opinion leaders, and future end-users to identify the various needs within different market segments - Communicate and technological approach and product vision to appropriate government agencies and apply for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding - Design and develop products that reduce airborne and surface-borne pathogens

• Research Engineering Consultant

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2020



Vanderbilt University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ph.D. Candidate

  • Jun 2017 - May 2020

  I am researching developing technologies that combat bone-dwelling S. aureus biofilm infections. Through the use of polymeric devices such as polyurethane scaffolds and multiple polymeric nanoparticles that deliver novel antibiotics and growth factors, we seek to eradicate the bacterial burden posed by the biofilm and regenerate host tissue following a traumatic injury. My research specifically utilizes pre-clinical models to screen antibiotics that have potential against biofilms and to… Show more I am researching developing technologies that combat bone-dwelling S. aureus biofilm infections. Through the use of polymeric devices such as polyurethane scaffolds and multiple polymeric nanoparticles that deliver novel antibiotics and growth factors, we seek to eradicate the bacterial burden posed by the biofilm and regenerate host tissue following a traumatic injury. My research specifically utilizes pre-clinical models to screen antibiotics that have potential against biofilms and to characterize the capabilities of screened antibiotics delivered through novel biomaterials to eradicate infection and promote tissue regeneration.

• Graduate Student Research Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2017



University of Notre Dame

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2012 - May 2014

  -Designed and constructed a tangential flow cell to characterize the permeability and fouling potentials of novel polymer thin film membranes -Screened commercially available thin film membranes and developed a library of data comparison to polymeric thin film membranes developed in the laboratory -Designed and constructed a tangential flow cell to characterize the permeability and fouling potentials of novel polymer thin film membranes -Screened commercially available thin film membranes and developed a library of data comparison to polymeric thin film membranes developed in the laboratory



Eli Lilly and Company

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Student

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Developed and improved strategies to purify monoclonal antibody solutions -Characterized monoclonal antibody fouling of commercial thin-film membranes -Implemented surfactant-based membrane treatment to improve purification efficiency -Recorded collected data in lab notebook and computer following G.L.P. techniques Developed and improved strategies to purify monoclonal antibody solutions -Characterized monoclonal antibody fouling of commercial thin-film membranes -Implemented surfactant-based membrane treatment to improve purification efficiency -Recorded collected data in lab notebook and computer following G.L.P. techniques