• Daily analysis of scientific data and discussions with senior leadership multiple times a week, topics include managing research milestone goals, spending, productivity, EH&S, and scientific developments.• Project Design Lead for Nuclear Technology and Materials division, collaboration with engineers and business personnel in a variety of specialties. Focus on manufacturing scale-up of advanced materials.• Proposal and report authorship.• Nuclear materials characterization via operation and analysis of various materials strength tests, leak tests, conductivity tests, micro/macro structural analysis, compositional analysis.• Nuclear materials fabrication via operation of various custom reactors with custom sensors, pump stacks, reagents, and HMIs.• Optimization of macro-fluidic devices for molecular diagnostics through via PCR / oligo design, channel design, fluid flow, buffer content, and pH.• Point of contact for vendors, customers, and collaborators in support of project management.• Authorship of experimental protocol and laboratory SOPs, acting as a dry/wet-lab scientist when needed.• Acting lab manager of a BSL2 molecular biology lab, an engineering lab space, and manufacturing clean room area.• Administrative role in guiding fellow scientists and engineers in the laboratory, especially pertaining the handling of infectious clinical samples.• Electronic inventory cataloging: management of consumables, custom reagents, and hardware.• Operation and upkeep of advanced machinery including custom built reactors and furnaces through custom HMIs, SEM / EDS, ICP-OES, LFA, aluminum thermal press and cold formers, laser welders, -80C freezers, drill presses, and industrial dehumidifiers.• Synthesis of chemicals needed for various projects at GA-EMS.• Handled various hazardous materials including radioactive Uranium, infectious human blood and respiratory samples, and solutions containing HF.

• Developed novel biosensors for continuously monitoring wastewater streams under direction and funding provided by the Department of Defense.• Frequently attended small group meetings with the CEO and CSO to discuss potential new IP and avenues for business development.• Monitored project spending and analyzed experimental results and data; preparation of bi-weekly scientific progress reports and scientific discussion with employees of all levels.• Kept records of training documents for equipment, hazardous waste management, and laboratory safety; making sure we maintained safe laboratory practices and equipment upkeep.• Acted as a point of contact between other laboratories, businesses, collaborators, and potential collaborators.• Genetic engineering of multiple bacterial strains for deployment in devices at both the micro and mili levels; optimization of microfluidic device design and development in conjunction with electrochemical engineers, physicists, and data scientists• Curing and adapting biocompatible polymer, PDMS, to create microfluidic devices.• Authorship of written proposals, published literature, and laboratory SOPs.• Operation, optimization, and repair of advanced liquid handling technology.

• Presented research projects and experimental data to Department of Energy leadership and participated in division discussion groups.• Trained key laboratory personnel on experimental protocol, authored and edited laboratory standard operating procedure.• Gathered a large network of diverse, professional, and scientific colleagues.• Supported physics research in the Neutron Spallation Source facility.• Supported molecular chemistry research in support of DoE sponsored programs in collaboration with multiple national laboratories in the Agile Bio Foundry.• Primer design, plasmid construction, and transformation in various microorganisms including non-model yeast species Cryptococcus curvatus and Cryptococcus terricola.

• Conducted research on Antarctic microbial environmental isolates from the Ross Ice Shelf andcategorized them based on 16S rRNA.• DNA Extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis of Antarctic soil samples.• Management, repair, and setup of both new and used laboratory equipment.

• Conducted research based around ethylene binding between Azospirillum brasilensand Arabidopsis thaliana.

• Investigated the prevalence and diversity of bed bug and ant species in low income housing to identify potential health hazards in rural communities.• Evaluated the treatment efficacies of commercially available insecticides against ant species in support of research funded by Bayer.

• Supported and comforted blood-plasma donors; monitored results.