·Manage employees in the optimization of our coating method for biomedical devices·Lead investigation of new applications for our technologies through internal/external R&D and academic collaborations·Oversee Clinical Trials for Silq's ClearTract Indwelling Foley Catheters (NCT05931887, NCT04841226)

·Continued the development of Hydrophilix coatings designed for biomedical devices ·Central in the design of Hydrophilix's non-flammable Li-ion battery technologies·Patent Application: BIOFOULING RESISTANT COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME (Filed 12/1/17)

·Developed a method to functionalize commercial polyolefin separators for Lithium-ion Batteries. The project was awarded a $100,000 grant from the UCLA Physical Sciences Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund for further development. My research led to a publication and a patent now under a licensing agreement ·Patent: ENERGY PROVIDING DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF (US10629880B2)·Publication: Rao, E., McVerry, B.T., Borenstein, A., Anderson, M., Jordan, R., Kaner, R.B., Roll-to-Roll Functionalization of Polyolefin Separators for High Performance Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsaem.8b00502

·Contributed to project focusing on the development and characterization of thin-films that confer antibacterial properties designed for desalination membrane applications. ·Recognized as a CERC-WET Fellow for outstanding contributions to research by the US/China Clean Energy Research Center for Water-Energy Technologies

·Maintained up-to-date class websites and managed online content.

·Participated in initial development of Calculatorsoup.com designing useful calculators for students. Programmed in HTML, CSS, and PHP.