Chemistry DepartmentNational Center for Forensic ScienceGraduate ResearchAdvisor: Dr. Matthieu Baudelet• Developed an improvement to plasma emission collection for multichannel spectrometers (Published)• Analyzed tire and skid mark samples for forensic identification• Analysis utilized ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, LIBS, along with advanced statistical techniques (LIBS work is Published)

Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Hettinger• Studied the microstructural and performance changes due to changes in reactive gases partial pressures, chamber pressure, temperature, cathode pressures, angle of substrates, composition• Synthesizing thin-films using reactive magnetron sputtering• Characterizing films using SEM, XRD, WDXRF, electrochemistryAdvisor: Dr. David Klassen• Extracting surface endmember spectra from near-infrared Mars spectral images• Using linear spectral modeling, linear programming techniques, and algorithmic thinking to write original code• Astronomical image processing, photometry, and absolute calibration using IDL and linux/bash command-line interface

• Assisted students by teaching mathematical and scientific concepts • Distributed and proctored student exams for courses• Ensured student and faculty satisfaction by scheduling appointments, responding to inquiries, answering phone calls, and handling correspondences