Experience

Materia USA

• United States
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Innovation Officer

  • 2022 - Present

  Executive responsible for managing innovation.Developing and managing programs and pushing innovation forward.

• Engineering Consultant

  • Sep 2020 - 2022

  Advised and reported on technical, economic, environmental, and political evaluations of mineral sites for investing and environmental technologies for federal funding for extracting Barium and Strontium from Marcella Shale sludge.Created environmental reports for federal projects contributing to the advancement of coal mining technologies and the reuse and recycling process of supply chains for environmental concerns.



Columbia University in the City of New York

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mineral Processing Laboratory Assistant

  • Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Designed and arranged graduate research lab for mining and mineral processing students to perform separation and analysis research on mineral processing samples for economic and environmental efficiency.Drafted and designed laboratory coursework for environmental engineering students at Columbia University. Lessons covered included, but were not limited to; electrochemistry, microscopy, separation, magnetism, and aquatic chemistry.

• Graduate Student

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2021

  Earth and Environmental Engineering.Concentration in Energy.Research in rare earth element recovery from industrial wastes.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

  Evaluated the performance of, and provided lesson exercises for, 41 students, teaching them full-scope sustainable energy practices and skills for environmental technology innovations going from laboratory to market, including but not limited to; batteries, solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear energy technologies.

• Chairwoman of Diversity and Inclusion Board

  • Dec 2019 - Jul 2020

• Graduate Research Student

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

  Researched physical and chemical separation methods of extracting rare earth and other valuable elements from waste streams.Advanced the carbon mineralization process through waste streams by expanding its valuable assets to provide cementitious carbonates and rare earth elements.



Texas Minerals Resources Corp (TMRC)

• Engineering Contractor

  • Sep 2021 - Oct 2021

  Created reports, including environmental Life Cycle Analyses and Greenhouse Gas reports for federal projects contributing to the advancement of coal mining technologies and the reuse and recycling process of supply chains for environmental concerns. Created reports, including environmental Life Cycle Analyses and Greenhouse Gas reports for federal projects contributing to the advancement of coal mining technologies and the reuse and recycling process of supply chains for environmental concerns.



C.A. Mayer Consulting, LLC

• Business Consulting and Services

• Grant Writer and Researcher

  • Feb 2021 - May 2021

  Volunteer grant writer for non-profit and minority-led organizations. Constructed, researched and submit funding proposals for non-profit organizations to obtain state, local, and federal grants to fund their ventures. Assisted organizations throughout New Jersey in finding, writing, and submitting grants for ventures to advance their company to support their mission statement, objective, and vision. Volunteer grant writer for non-profit and minority-led organizations. Constructed, researched and submit funding proposals for non-profit organizations to obtain state, local, and federal grants to fund their ventures. Assisted organizations throughout New Jersey in finding, writing, and submitting grants for ventures to advance their company to support their mission statement, objective, and vision.



Brookhaven National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellowship

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

  Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Security, Summer Course. International Atomic Energy Agency Training. Nuclear Nonproliferation Inspection Training. Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards, and Security, Summer Course. International Atomic Energy Agency Training. Nuclear Nonproliferation Inspection Training.



New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP)

• Chemical Engineer

  • Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  Project manager for government-related projects involving clean and waste water systems within the Tri-State Area of NY. Project manager for government-related projects involving clean and waste water systems within the Tri-State Area of NY.



The Zahn Innovation Center at CCNY

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Manager Contract

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

  Researched thermal energy storage markets in America to understand their market potential, barriers, and regulations. Sourced, drafted, and edited proposals for thermal energy storage systems from domestic and international partners. Researched thermal energy storage markets in America to understand their market potential, barriers, and regulations. Sourced, drafted, and edited proposals for thermal energy storage systems from domestic and international partners.



The City College of New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Researched the pyrolysis of household plastics to synthetic fuel to optimize process economic and thermal efficiencies.Implemented findings to increase process efficiency in the Golden Renewable Energy LLC alternative fuels plant.

• Chemical Engineering Student

  • Dec 2014 - May 2018

  Chemical Engineer, BS, BEng.Concentration in Nuclear Engineering.Minor in Math.Minor in Public Policy and International Affairs.



Exelon Energy

• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Monitored nuclear reactor and control center outputs for dynamic reactor processes and acted to stabilize the system. Wrote safety procedures and updated nuclear plant designs to incorporate lessons from Fukushima disaster research. Monitored nuclear reactor and control center outputs for dynamic reactor processes and acted to stabilize the system. Wrote safety procedures and updated nuclear plant designs to incorporate lessons from Fukushima disaster research.



CUNY Energy Institute

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  Conducted experiments to optimize mass transfer processes in a gas-fed bioreactor with microbubble flow. Collected and tested the data inside a steady-state gas-fed bioreactor with varying chemical hydrodynamics. Conducted experiments to optimize mass transfer processes in a gas-fed bioreactor with microbubble flow. Collected and tested the data inside a steady-state gas-fed bioreactor with varying chemical hydrodynamics.



Urban Future Lab

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research And Development Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Participating in engineering and marketing development from research to market for a thermal battery. Iterated the design of a research-stage thermal battery system and led the marketing for its commercial application. Participating in engineering and marketing development from research to market for a thermal battery. Iterated the design of a research-stage thermal battery system and led the marketing for its commercial application.