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Grand Junction, Co, Us

Grand Junction, Co, Us

Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

• Conducts data validation and sample management services including reviewing analytical laboratory reports and field documentation, validating laboratory and field data, producing data validation reports, and loading and managing field data for Department of Energy Legacy Management (LM) environmental monitoring programs.• Samples environmental media including groundwater, surface water, soil, natural gas, and produced water at LM sites.• Interfaces with project personnel, LM Site Managers, and regulators and stakeholders in the field.• Performs calibration, use, and maintenance of scientific instrumentation for pertinent sampling at LM sites.• Engages in field tasks such as trailer towing, cargo loading, UTV use, monitoring well installation, driving on and off-road, and completing required field documentation, in addition to providing support for site characterization and drilling activities.

Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

• Enhanced student learning through thoughtful course design and student-first teaching approaches for undergraduate chemistry lecture and laboratory courses• Prepared novel, effective course materials that excite and engage students, such as a laboratory experiment to analyze snow and soil from Powderhorn Ski Area for contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances commonly found in ski wax• Contributed to University’s mission and to understand the needs and aspirations of students, colleagues, and the community through service contributions• Advised an undergraduate research group of eight students investigating the conversion of biomass-derived chemicals to valuable monomers for use in commodity polymer production• Utilized and maintained analytical instrumentation including GC, HPLC, ICP, UV/vis, NMR, and FTIR

Littleton, Colorado

• Technical liaison between divisions for development and characterization of a >$10MM new product line based in the production of glass-fiber reinforced composite materials, including development of six standardized methods for product qualification• Execution of technical services to company operations when product issues and customer complaints arise for existing and new products• Characterization of proprietary materials using advanced electron microscopic methods incorporating atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) • Performance of a wide variety of wet chemical techniques, quality control (QC) measures, and analytical assessments of products at various stages of for lab-scale, pilot plant-scale, and commercial-scale production

Golden, Co

• Technical management of multiple inter-disciplinary research teams encompassingmaterials science, experimental testing, catalyst and product stream characterization,techno-economics, and computational investigations• Development, synthesis, and testing of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalystmaterials including tailored catalytic materials via atomic layer deposition of coatings forheterogeneous catalyst stability against irreversible deactivation• Design and advancement of experimental processes for chemical intermediate upgradingto value-added commodity products, fuel additives/blendstocks, and polymer precursors• Characterization of catalytic materials using advanced electron microscopic methodsincorporating transmission electron microscopy and focused ion beam integratedscanning electron microscopy• Analysis of varied and complex reactor product streams and catalytic materials usingtechniques such as FTIR, DSC, TGA, GC-MS/FID, LC-MS, ICP-MS, and NMR

Golden, Co

• Design and advancement of experimental processes to catalytically convert biomassderivedmuconic acid to value-added commodity products such as adipic acid• Experience with tailored catalytic materials including atomic layer deposition forheterogeneous catalyst stability against irreversible deactivation by leaching and thermalrestructuring• Characterization of catalytic materials using advanced electron microscopic methodsincorporating transmission electron microscopy and focused ion beam integratedscanning electron microscopy

Golden, Colorado

• Synthesis and testing of heterogeneous platinum group metals for succinic acidhydrogenation reactions• Characterization of catalytic materials using methods including x-ray diffraction, hydrogenchemisorption, and nitrogen physisorption

Golden, Co

Grand Junction, Colorado

Grand Junction, Colorado

Grand Junction, Colorado

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) With Honors, Chemistry