Aaron Clapp Email & Phone Number

Rochester, NY, US

• 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

Rochester, NY, US

• 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.

Glen Ellyn, IL, US

• 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.

Ames, Iowa, US

• 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

Washington, DC, US

• 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

Gainesville, Florida, US

• 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

Gainesville, Florida, US

• 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)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering