Postdoctoral researcher in solid state and materials chemistry, specifically the design and synthesis of multiferroic and thermoelectric materials trained under Professor Martha Greenblatt. Particular focus paid to perovskite and corundum type materials with small A-site cations prepared at high pressure. Currently working with Professor Nicholas Butch on the synthesis of novel actinide superconductors. Four years of industrial laboratory experience with the establishment and validation of ISO: 9001 and NJDEP regulation compliant analytical methods. PhD focused in Solid State Chemistry from Rutgers University–New Brunswick .