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Golden, Colorado, United States

• Develop multi-year program plans and technical roadmaps covering status, barriers, and needs for hydrogen production technologies with annual budget of approximately $300M.
• Drove 13 renewable energy projects to successful completion, currently managing 8 projects: $41M portfolio covering manufacturing development, energy system cost analysis, energy generation technologies.
• Developed Funding Opportunity Announcements and Small Business Innovation Research grants, totaling over $50M including writing funding call topics, and making project selections.
• Office lead to the Energy Equity and Environmental Justice Team implementing Justice40 aiming to decrease energy burden in disadvantaged communities and increase clean energy enterprise creation.

Denver, CO

• Coordinate HydroGEN (Hydrogen Generation Consortium, h2awsm.org) with $5M annual budget and comprises seven national laboratories throughout the US collaborating with 30 external partners.
• Facilitate innovative materials research efforts from seven national lab-led consortia as Executive Secretary for the Energy Materials Network to expedite the timeline for material development.

Washington, D.C.

• Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Fuel Cell Technology Office
• Facilitated establishment of Hydrogen DataHub which currently has over 200 users and 30,000 data files. Allows for the secure hosting of project datasets. Assisted in the creation of legally binding user agreements.
• Contributed to strategic technical roadmaps for hydrogen production and delivery activities including identification of technical barriers, technology status and future goals.
• Facilitated research from seven national lab-led consortia as the Executive Secretary for the Energy Materials Network to expedite the timeline for material development.

Pittsburgh, PA

• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow
• Oversaw technical short- and long-term planning of R&D for carbon capture and utilization (CCUS) applications.
• Electrochemical CO2 reduction with nanostructured materials for alternative fuel production and carbon capture and utilization applications
• Materials scientist with expertise in state-of-the-art methodologies via electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques for characterization and performance validation of catalytic materials including, RRDE, GC, XPS.

Atlanta, GA

• Received the ARCS Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in Research for my work developing a novel system for homogeneous catalysis towards alternative fuel production.
• Presented data focused research talks and analysis of current literature to research group and at regional and national conferences.
• Authored papers in top tier journals, and successfully funded grant proposals.
• Organized and maintained database of chemical inventory for research group while serving as safety officer.

Emeryville, CA

• Involved in initial set-up of lab including purchase of instruments and materials.
• Created database of synthetic targets for internal company use.
• Presented data and status briefings at company meetings and summarized deliverables in weekly reports.
• Responsible for selecting, synthesizing, and analyzing compounds for LED phosphor applications.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Inorganic Chemistry

Activities and Societies: ARCS Foundation Fellowship American Chemical Society Georgia Local Section; Member Emory Chemistry Graduate.

B.S., Chemistry

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry