Project: Developing Stimuli-Responsive Materials to Generate Mechanical Work‣ Utilized adavanced optical microscopy (SEM/EDX, AFM, Fluorescence) and materials analysis (XRD, NMR, DSC) techniques to elucidate the nature of chemical transformations‣ Fabricated a light-powered ceramic actuator and benchmarked its mechanical performance compared to piezoelectrics for applications in remote controlled actuation‣ Developed a solar-powered molecular crystal motor that generates robust mechanical motion for applications in on-demand drug delivery‣ Employed a custom-built Michelson interferometer setup to measure the curvature of stimuli-responsive polymer fibers for beam steering applications‣ Collaborated extensively with researchers from the US Naval Research Laboratory and Osaka University, as well as KAIRMC and DIPC, leading to the publication of 6 peer-reviewed papers

Chem 111: Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Winter 2022, Winter 2023)Chem 109: Survey of Physical Chemistry (Fall 2023)Chem 01LA: General Chemistry Laboratory A (Fall 2021, Winter 2024)Chem 01A: General Chemistry Lecture A (Fall 2024)

Project: Cavity-based Free Energy Analysis of Osmolyte Effects on Protein Denaturation‣ Successfully constructed a geometric framework based on Scaled Particle Theory to model trendsin protein denaturation temperatures in the presence of osmolytes with 96% (C-reactive protein)and 87% (Tumour necrosis factor alpha) agreement to experimental results‣ Employed subroutine and branching strategies within MATLAB to execute complex numericalcalculations and generate figures for publication

Chem 127: General Chemistry for Agriculture and Life Sciences I (Winter 2021)

Worked with faculty in general chemistry courses in order to facilitate student discussion and problem-solving within the integrated lecture-lab studio environmentChem 125: General Chemistry for the Physical Sciences and Engineering II (Winter 2020)Chem 110: World of Chemistry (Spring 2020)

Project: Fabrication of Paper-based Microfluidic Devices for Use as Point-of-care Diagnostic Tools‣ Designed a portable, shelf-stable, paper-based microfluidic device for the detection of heavymetals, notably lead and copper, in water samples‣ Optimized an enzyme inhibition assay between b-Galactosidase and chlorophenol red-b-D-galactopyranoside for detection in tap water sources at the parts-per-million level

Project: Synthesis of Biodiesels via Transesterification of Various Vegetable Oils

Provided tailored support towards special education students in order to gear them towards academic success and worked with students in the AVID/W.I.S.E programs to prepare them for college eligibility