Experience

Toray Performance Materials Corporation

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research And Development Engineer

  • May 2023 - Present

  Sustainable thermoplastic polymer composites resin formulation and new product development. Sustainable thermoplastic polymer composites resin formulation and new product development.



Iowa State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

  - Post-consumer PET waste chemical recycling research. Focus on scale-up capability, yield, and optimizing extrusion and process conditions.- Bio-based epoxy powder coating: synthesis, kinetic study, rheology control, and formulation- Novel and niche applications of bio-based and bio-degradable polymers.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2022

  - Additive manufacturing of novel one-pot & long pot-life polymer thermoset nanocomposites (epoxy and polyurethane)- Jointly working on bio-based polyesters, and polyester chemical recycle additives research.- Design and synthesis block copolymers via anionic, ring-opening, RAFT polymerization and hydrogenation, including styrenic, acrylic, siloxane, polylactide and caprolactone based polymers, as rheology modifier for frontier nanocomposites application.Advisor: Eric W. Cochran



National Taiwan University

• Taiwan
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2015 - Jun 2017

  - Establishing high vacuum system for nanomaterials synthesis. - Modeling and designing high efficiency filters for atmospheric particulate matter removal.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - Nov 2015

  - Finite elements method modeling of effective diffusion coefficient of composite membrane with non-spherical fillers- Metal-organic frameworks membrane fabrication and characterizationAdvisor: Dun-Yen Kang

• Department Teaching Assistant (Lab Course Lecturing)

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2013

  - Coordinate unit operation lab course- Lab facilities design and maintenance