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San Francisco, CA, US

Menlo Park, CA, US

uLED research scientist in the Reality Labs division

Joined a team developing display technology for future AR/VR devices.

Milpitas, CA, US

• Invented new synthetic methods that improve the size distribution of III-V nanocrystals
• Developed scalable processes that allow for the mass production of quantum dots
• Work enabled the commercialization of a quantum dot product that won the 2017 SID Display Component of the Year Award
• Partnered with suppliers to develop the raw materials required for quantum dot mass production
• Advanced spectroscopic measurements to improve our knowledge of quantum dot the photophysics
• Experience integrating quantum dots into optical films and characterizing film performance

Hayward, CA, US

• Chemistry lead on the cross-functional team of scientists and engineers responsible for battery development
• Extended battery service-life by solving problems related to organic electrolyte decomposition
• Eliminated defects in electrodeposition by developing a new surface treatment process for titanium electrodes and working with manufacturing engineers to implement the improved process
• Achievements led to the first commercial shipments of a micro-grid integrated 1 MWh battery system that won the 2017 DOE Federal Energy and Water Management Award
• Partnered with vendors to source and evaluate both electrolyte and electrode materials
• Reduced per-sample analytical costs more than 50% by partnering with external analytical labs

Berkeley, CA, US

• Worked in a physical organic chemistry lab with an emphasis on catalysis
• Developed new synthetic routes to mixed-metal organometallic compounds used in catalysis
• Studied the kinetics and reaction mechanisms for a series of bimetallic compounds
• Identified reaction mechanisms using kinetic studies and Hammett analyses
• Investigated materials by spectroscopic, structural, electrochemical, and computational methods
• Obtained independent funding from the NIH through a peer-review process from the National Institute for Environmental Health Science (NIEHS)

Cambridge, MA, US

• Studied in a synthetic chemistry lab that focused on discovering new reactions
• Developed synthetic methods relevant to new catalytic methods for nitrogen fixation
• Routinely carried out multi-step syntheses on multigram scales using air-free techniques
• Extensively used physical organic and physical inorganic methods for characterization
• Carried out spectroscopic, electrochemical, magnetic, and computational measurements of new materials and used these data to create a coherent understanding of electronic structures
• Grew crystals for X-ray crystallography, collected data, and solved structures

Chicago, IL, US

• Performed undergraduate research in a organometallic chemistry lab focused on organic transformations mediated by nickel compounds
• Studied the nickel catalyzed copolymerization of ethylene and carbon monoxide
• Synthesized and structurally characterized catalytically-relevant intermediates in the polymerization
• Research Advisor: Prof. Gregory L. Hillhouse

Rochester, NY, US

• Organic ligand synthesis with emphasis on the Pd-mediated Synthesis of Asymmetric Tolanes
• Preparation of Pt-containing organometallic compounds
• Research Advisor: Prof. William D. Jones

New York, NY, US

• Cancer Immunology in the context of SEREX Screening of Cancer/Testis Antigens
• PCR, DNA isolation, cell transfection, cell culture growth
• Research Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Scanlan

Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry

B.Sc., Chemistry