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North Charleston, South Carolina, United States

-Work with the United States Marine Corps Logistics Data Services (LDS) Team develop technical documentation of the system design, ingestion, and testing of cloud data migration into a central database -Work with infrastructure and ingestion team engineers to use open source software in order to migrate Marine Corps Cloud data to a new central database -DevSecOps tools include GIT, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Suite (Excel, Power Point, Teams, Word), and Adobe for team collaboration and document maintenance -Provide biweekly demonstrations to LDS and product team with technical documentation to ensure accuracy and understanding -Conduct research in machine learning and artificial intelligence as well as other advanced technologies to develop experience in the current business sector in order to grow this area within the company Participate on the editing team for current proposal submissions in the pipeline

Chapel Hill, Nc

Modulation of the tumor microenvironment to increase tumor delivery and efficacy of nanoparticles-Performed chemical modulation of the tumor microenvironment with inhibitors of cancer associated fibroblasts -Performed mechanical modulation of the tumor microenvironment with acoustically active nanodroplets and ultrasound activation-Evaluated the success of the modulation with ultrasound imaging, pharmacokinetic studies quantifying chemotherapeutic drug delivery, and immunohistochemistry-Developed a novel imaging method for monitoring the density of the tumor microenvironment using shear wave elastography

Jefferson, Arkansas

Effects of Gaseous Anesthetics on the Developing Nonhuman Primate Brain-Evaluated potential toxic effects of general anesthetics on developing brain using histology and fluorescence microscopy to better understand the mechanism through which these adverse effects occur.-Sectioned tissue samples using a cryostat-Developed and optimized histochemical and immunohistochemical methods which tested for types of cells that exhibit cell death, type of cell death, and protein analysis-Compared bodily fluids with neurological tissue to establish biomarkers for neuronal damage

University Of Tennessee Knoxville

Graduate Research Assistant: Development of biosensors to detect and monitor neurological disease using Raman spectroscopy-Home-built visible macro Raman, visible confocal micro Raman, and UV Raman systems-Synthesized and characterized metal nanoparticles with UV-Vis & scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-Developed detection method for neurotransmitters using surfaced enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), electrochemical SERS (EC-SERS), and UV surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (UV SERRS) for earlier detection of neurological disease -Adapted spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) for use in the field, specifically for monitoring healing of horses after suffering broken legs-Processed data with both Python and MatLab to design figures for publication and presentation as well as determine the next steps of the experiment Growth of boron phosphide thin films for neutron detection -Used chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to grow boron phosphide thin films-Characterized thin films with Raman spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction (XRD), and SEM-Used four point probe to test electronic properties of thin filmsGraduate Teaching Assistant: General Chemistry:CHEM-120 General Chemistry I CHEM-128-Honors General Chemistry -Led weekly discussion sections and 3-hour laboratory sessions-Held review sessions and weekly office hours-Graded lab reports, quizzes, and examsAnalytical Chemistry:CHEM-310 & 320: Analytical Chemistry CHEM-571: Ananlytical Spectrometry -Led supplementary instruction sessions and held office hours-Designed, administered and graded exams, homework, and quizzesPhysical Chemistry:CHEM-479 & 489: Physical Chemistry -Led 3-hour weekly laboratory sessions, held office hours, and graded lab reportsDepartmental Instrument Operator:Visible and UV Raman spectroscopy instrument -Performed routine instrument maintenance-Scheduled departmental users-Collaborated with faculty at oak ridge national lab (ORNL) for use of UV Raman instrument

May 2011-December 2011--Conducted computations of the electrophilic aromatic substitution of sulfur-substituted aromatic compounds PhSXY(X=O, (O)2, Y=CH3, OCH3, etc.) using Gaussian 03/09 alongside the supercomputer located at San Diego Supercomputer Center (SPSC) to quantify electronic effects. --Investigated the stereoselectivity of the reduction of benzyl using Gaussian 03/09 alongside the supercomputer located at SDSC to determine why only one stereoisomer was produced.August 2012-May 2013--Synthesized crystal structures of metal organic frameworks using 1,4-bis(4-pyridal)-2,3,-diaza-1,3-butadiene (N4) and 1,4-bis(3-pyridal)-2,3-diaza-1,3-butadiene(N3).--Characterized the crystals with infrared spectroscopy (IR).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Physical Chemistry, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Recruitment committee - Fall 2016-Spring 2017 Association of Chemistry Graduate Students (ACGS) - 2015, 2016.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry