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Cambridge, MA, US

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Within the Giovanni Traverso/Robert Langer labs (MIT/HMS), I contribute to novel drug delivery device research alongside engineers, physicians, and scientists.
• Coordinating advanced imaging, microfabrication, and metrological projects at MIT Nano and the Koch Institute.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Completing advanced materials research at Harvard’s Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) using (S)TEM, FIB-SEM, cryo-SEM, EDS, Raman, AFM, XPS, uCT, BET, and confocal microscopy.
• Providing microfabrication support in CNS's cleanroom through thin film deposition (sputtering, e-beam, and thermal evaporation), chemical etching, photolithography, and surface metrology of lift-out designs.
• Manage Mass General Brigham analytical lab facilities [SEM/EDS, profilometer, DSC, TGA, HPLCs, DLS, rheometer, spectrometers, etc.] and supervise students, while developing SOPs, and training lab members.

Peabody, MA

• For North and South America, I provided customers extensive hands-on training with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS).
• The theory behind electron detection and x-ray stimulation was thoroughly discussed.
• By supporting the Sales and Marketing Team, I demonstrated JEOL USA capabilities at nationwide scientific conferences and developed specimen methodologies for on-going research projects.

Boston, MA

• Established high vacuum resilient graphene liquid cell methodologies using an FEI Quanta environmental scanning transmission electron microscope (eSTEM).
• These innovations were used for STEM imaging encapsulated, suspended nanoparticle formulations including lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery. DLS was used as supplemental characterization.
• Before leaving Vertex, I wrote an internal research journal that summarized the novel methodologies and results.

Bend, Oregon, United States

• Worked alongside the early stage drug development team which evaluated the aqueous solubility of spray-dried dispersions (SDD's).
• My position entailed conducting and compiling formal reports about the product’s thermodynamic state, potency and purity results via S-3700N Hitachi SEM, MiniFlex Rigaku PXRD, Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM), HPLC.
• On top of client projects, I developed quantitative SEM specimen research for material size analysis which consisted of several weeks of imaging time.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Lab member of Dr. Geraldine Richmond’s interfacial spectroscopy lab, where surfactants are analyzed as they move toward interfaces. I participated in research that used vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy (VSFS) concurrently with surface tensiometry measurements, computational molecular dynamic simulations and density functional theory (DFT).

In 2015, I earned my license as a pharmaceutical lab technician. At Northwest Compounders, I compounded a vast array of medications, calculated relationships between active and inactive components which always contained less than 1% error of prescribed concentration. After each medication, I underwent rigorous quality control standards based on my.

The New Jersey School Of Conservation

Participated in a program sponsored by Montclair State and the National Science Foundation (NSF). This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) was to cultivate highly motivated undergraduate students in transdiciplinary environmental research.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physical Chemistry

Complex Fluids Lab PhD Advisors: Dr. Sara Hashmi (Northeastern) and Dr. Giovanni Traverso (MGB/MIT/HMS) -Using advanced material.

Master Of Science - Ms, Materials Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling ClubThis degree focused on developing advanced materials characterization.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Chemistry Club, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Wrestling Club

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Environmental Chemistry

Activities and Societies: President of The CCM Green Student League, Wrestling REU: Earth Science Undergraduate Researcher