• Lead the R&D team in new technology development programs and maintaining the current product portfolio• Primary technical resource for Carestream in key areas related to chemistry of materials• IP coordinator for consumables product portfolio• Evaluate and pursue growth opportunities in the coated film and healthcare space

• Direct R&D activities supporting DryView medical film technology• Manage numerous programs supporting existing products and new product development• Set annual R&D strategy and maintain program budgets• Deliver continuous cost savings opportunities while maintaining high quality products• Work closely with manufacturing to ensure consistent production and scale up of new processes

• Led a team of scientists and engineers in the development of nanomaterials and formulation chemistry critical to transparent conductive film products.• Generated IP to augment Carestream's competitive advantage in Advanced Materials• Held three positions of increasing responsibility: Synthesis Scientist (2013), R&D Manager–Nanowires (2013-15), Technical Manager–Synthesis and Formulation (2016)• Served as a principal technical resource in the areas of nanoparticle synthesis, formulation chemistry, spectroscopy, metrology, image processing, simulation, and data analysis.• Drove successful technology transfer to our manufacturing facility in White City, OR.• Led the site culture improvement team that promotes open communication and analyzes/responds to employee feedback.

• Developed significant improvements in VBA-based software tool used to build complex economic models using Applied Information Economics (AIE) principles and Monte Carlo simulations.• Worked directly with client stakeholders to develop customized economic models to estimate ROI distributions and clarify high value decisions.• Authored final summary reports, proposals, and manuscripts.• Led online training and model development sessions for groups of clients.

• Faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering• Research focus: nanoparticle synthesis/applications, colloidal and interfacial phenomena, biomedical engineering, bioconjugate chemistry, spectroscopy, and polymer chemistry• Teaching experience: material and energy balances, computational/numerical methods in engineering, biomedical engineering, colloidal and interfacial phenomena• Managed research projects, authored high profile manuscripts, presented at national meetings, and advised graduate and undergraduate students• 9,500+ total citations; H-index = 25

• Postdoctoral research fellowship sponsored by the National Research Council (NRC) in the Optical Sciences Division (Code 5611)• Research innovations in the areas of quantum dot synthesis and fuctionalization• Publication of numerous highly cited papers regarding energy transfer in quantum dot biosensor systems

• Design and construction of an improved optical trapping system for measuring colloidal forces (NSF-MRI grant)• Directly measured interactions of bacteria with flat surfaces using a novel laser-based technique

• Graduate research: cell and tissue engineering, colloidal and interfacial phenomena, and biomedical engineering• Dissertation title: An optical technique for measuring force between a colloidal particle and a flat surface• Designed and implemented a highly sensitive method for measuring colloidal forces (<1 pN) based on an optical microscope running VisualBasic, LabVIEW, and MATLAB• Graduate student member of NSF Particle Engineering Research Center (PERC)