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- Leading strategic technology and IP development of chemical reactors and catalysts to produce syngas ( RWGS ) and hydrocarbons ( Fischer Tropsch ).- Developing and understanding pathways to sustainable chemicals and fuels using carbon dioxide and water as inputs. The Cyclic Carbon Economy.- Integrating upstream and downstream pathways for a fully-integrated platform producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel, naphtha, paraffin waxes, and diesel from Captured CO2.- Supporting the business team on economics, marketing, policy initiatives, and funding.- Wrote grant applications and awarded ~$8m across multiple R&D initiatives and funding agencies.- Hiring, motivating, and leading a diverse crew of innovators hell-bent on Saving the World!

Ithaca, New York

-Grant writing, investor decks, patenting, human resources, supply chain management, purchasing, and of course R&D among other things. The standard startup experience.- technology founder of company IP assets in Reverse Water Gas Shift chemistry, and integral to company technology shift away from photocatalysis.-Led a small team of amazing scientists and engineers working tirelessly to progress all aspects of our CO2-to-chemicals technologies. -Using the complimentary startup mentalities of GSD and Fail Fast, we examine new ideas and push their boundaries. - Obtained $6+ million in non-dilutive capital from four federal/state grants

Pasadena, Ca

Mentor: Harry Gray· Designed, synthesized, and examined new manganese and rhenium molecular electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction to CO using rational design to add pendent proton donors, resulting in both reduced overpotential requirements and increased catalytic rates than the standard catalyst.· Designed and developed novel porphyrin-based multi-metallic molecules with high charge-density (6 added electrons/molecule) for electrocatalytic applications and energy storage. Results suggest they could be a new combinatorial platform for broader catalyst development.· Supervised, trained, mentored, and designed multi-year projects for two undergraduates in the areas of synthesis, electrochemistry, and catalysis in conjunction with the Caltech SURF internship program. These resulted in multiple articles submitted for peer-reviewed publication.· Used root cause analysis to develop a new synthetic route for insertion of gold ions into corroles that increased product yield 10X, decreased cost, and increased purity.· Built a UV-Ozone surface cleaner to support the Solar Army outreach program, saving the program $4000 compared to commercial instruments.· Communicated research findings at national / international conferences.

Tempe, Az

Tempe, Az

Tungsten Chemical-Mechanical-Polishing (CMP) group• Combined data, scientific knowledge, and intuition to formulate chemical-mechanical-polishing (CMP) slurries for planarization of tungsten-patterned semiconductor wafers.• Led formulation additive and catalyst development, leading to multiple patent applications and chemical systems for current and future product lines. • Developed shelf life, pot life, and stability testing procedures, resulting in substantially improved product features, new understandings of surface chemistry, and higher concentratability of the product leading to higher profit margin potential. • Wrote patent applications and was the patent analyst and technical advisor in examinations for determining Freedom to Operate. • Analyzed and harmonized the process parameters of an Applied Instruments 200 mm Mirra CMP tool with a 300 mm Ebara tool to match polishing rate and topography trends. This opened up a cheaper route to routine screening that could save $500k / yr in R&D costs.• Studied the physical properties, interactions, and chemical reactions in complex colloidal formulations using a variety of instrumental and chemical methods.• Communicated with multidisciplinary R&D colleagues, international business managers, and clients.• Initiated and designed the projects for an R&D academic collaboration, yielding a patent application.• Coordinated with scale-up manufacturing team, supply chain managers, and analytical personnel.• Won an award for Top Customer Engagement.

Intermittent technical consultant supporting Fuzionaire's groundbreaking pursuits in diagnostics.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Technical consultant for the TV show " Strange Angel " where I work with the staff towards incorporating scientifically accurate dialog and visuals in the areas of chemistry, rocketry, and explosives.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

·Lead innovator for new low-temp spray-deposition methods and chemical formulations for thin film ferrite materials.·Used failure analysis to design a scalable procedure for ferrite materials synthesis towards commercialization of thin films on plastic substrates.·Performed electrochemical deposition of permalloy (NiFe) thin films.·Communicated with suppliers and contractors on existing and future projects.·Modified and owned one instrument (spray coating reactor)·Helped write a successful SBIR phase II funding application.

Energy Sciences Institute

Mentor: Gary Brudvig· Acted as lab startup manager for the Institute to design, purchase, and assemble instrumentation (Integrating sphere UV-Visible-NIR spectrophotometer, HPLC, solar simulator, bipotentiostat, ultrasonic cell disruptor, high-temperature oven, spin coater).· Recruited and trained new Institute personnel in safety, instrumentation, and general lab procedures.· Helped write grant applications, leading to funding from the U.S. Dept. of Energy.· Designed and constructed a new multi-purpose solar simulator in conjunction with Newport Corporation, and developed Labview-based software for device testing.· Liaison to Yale administration for lab startup activities. · Studied the semiconducting properties of molecular monolayers on metal oxides using transientabsorption spectroscopy, and modeled the system using a Matlab program. This led to a new mechanistic understanding of surface dynamics and solvation.· Studied the surface bonding of metal oxides functionalized with new anchoring groups using FTIR, NMR, and electrochemical techniques, and worked as a team with computational chemists to reconstruct the surface morphology.· Solved a dispute in the scientific literature. Synthesized hydroxamate titanium molecular clusters as models for bulk material surfaces, analyzed them using FTIR, single crystal XRD, UV-Visible spectroscopy, and compared them to thin film binding studies and theoretical predictions to suggest the correct surface binding motif.· Synthesized molecular light-absorbers, assembled them on porous metal oxide films, and examined their solar energy conversion and kinetic processes in dye-sensitized solar cell designs. This led to new design principles and structure-function correlations.· Studied the emission properties of phenazine and corrole analogues for applications in solar and LED materials.· Communicated research findings at internal meetings and at national/international conferences.

Tempe, Az

After obtaining my doctoral degree, I continued my research in metal oxide functionalization. I showed that organo-silatranes provide a simple method of forming silyl ether monolayers on metal oxides without observable polymerization. These monolayers are very stable to alkaline hydrolysis compared to more widely used surface anchors. I also studied and compared the charge transfer dynamics of dyes bound to metal oxides using transient absorption spectroscopy.

Tempe, Az

Advisor: Devens GustA National Science Foundation - Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Fellowship provided funding and additional resources for my training, and fostered multidisciplinary experiences. Beyond my chemistry research, I was able to gain training in technology transfer, entrepreneurship, and science policy in both domestic and international landscapes.· Synthesized metal oxide nanoparticles and developed colloidal formulations for preparing thin films.· Used electrochemical and chemical oxidation methods to synthesize new semiconductive polymers, and analyzed their properties using UV-Visible spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, FTIR, and HPLC-GPC.· Examined charge transfer dynamics of semiconducting polymer thin films in aqueous and organicsolvents using electrochemical methods, showing rate-limiting counter-anion charge flow.· Pioneered the development of organo-silatranes as a new method to functionalize metal oxide surfaces with stable monolayers without aggregation. The monolayers showed wider pH stability than common anchoring groups. This resulted in a dye-sensitized solar cell stable in alkaline aqueous conditions, and yielded record high efficiencies for SnO2 based systems.· Developed a procedure to study the surface chemistry of functionalized porous metal oxide thin films using FTIR and UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy.· Assembled and tested semiconductive polymer thin film and dye-sensitized solar cell devices.· Synthesized CdSe quantum dots using microwave synthetic methods for a multidisciplinary project involving high-capacity binary information storage.· Supervised and trained multiple graduate and undergraduate researchers, and organized a graduate student's master's thesis project.· Owned four instruments (FTIR, spin coater, HPLC-GPC, potentiostat w/ RDE)· Communicated research findings at internal meetings and at a national conference of the American Chemical Society.

Tempe, Az

As a student intern, I analyzed biomedically-relevant technologies from the engineering department, reviewed patent literature, and performed market analyses for Arizona State University's office of technology transfer. The internship also offered seminar training in entrepreneurship.

Des Moines, Ia

Project Goal: Determine whether microemulsions alter the stability profile of pharmaceuticals.Performed fluorescence-based pharmacokinetic research involving aspirin hydrolysis, determiningthat microemulsions can significantly slow down hydrolysis.

College Station, Tx

In the laboratory of Stephen A. Miller, I pursued studies into the conversion of biomass derivatives toward monomer species for renewable plastics.Project Goal: Utilize industrial waste feedstocks as monomers for sustainable plastics.Studied bio-renewable vanillin analogues for condensation polymers.

Golden, Co

Mentor: Dr. Luc MoensProject Goal: Determine the feasibility of using imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) in heat storageapplications for solar thermal power plants.· Synthesized ILs and studied their stability using TGA and DSC. Results showed structure-dependent correlations with stabilities varying by a hundred degrees centigrade.· Determined a thermochemical degradation mechanism involving Hofmann elimination.

Ph.D., Chemistry

Activities and Societies: American Chemical Society, Chemistry Graduate Student CouncilStudying and researching electrochemistry.

B.S, Chemistry, Biochemistry/Cell/Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of Drake University Conference on Undergraduate Research in the Sciences (DUSCI), Beta Beta Beta.