➢ Collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams including chemical engineers, analytical and organic chemists, material and polymer scientists.➢ Team Lead: develop genetic and biomolecular engineering strategies using CRISPR systems to increase production of biofuels and high-value chemicals from microbial coculture fermentations.➢ Established and Lead a postdoctoral and graduate student group for Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI), a Department of Energy - Energy Frontier Research Center to foster collaboration and establish outreach and education initiatives.➢ Utilized synthetic biology for metabolic and biomolecular engineering of bacterial platforms hosts capable of growth on a range of feedstocks to produce high-value chemicals.

➢ Determined the role of global regulators in osmotic tolerance of V. parahaemolyticus. ➢ Identified and characterized a novel regulator of osmotic tolerance in V. parahaemolyticus. ➢ Determining the role of global regulators in carbon catabolism in V. parahaemolyticus. ➢ Mentored three doctoral researchers and two honors undergraduate researchers.

➢Educating undergraduate students in introductory biology courses. ➢Additional instruction in statistical analysis and scientific writing.

➢Led children in biodiversity and ecology related classes.➢Provided hands-on learning experiences and hikes for school-aged children.

➢ Conducted marketing research and data analysis using sales data from Defense Commissary Agency.➢ Developed new business intelligence reports for companies such as Cadbury and Smithfield Meats.