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-Create curriculum for introductory and general chemistry lecture and laboratory courses-Teach introductory and general chemistry lecture and laboratory courses-Encourage learners to be active and engaged

-Provide custom haircuts and haircolor-Educate clients in hairstyling techniques and hair products-Transform the world, one head of hair at a time

-Improving a downhole NMR well-logging tool-Working with Exxon on developing a new MR technology to detectoil spills under sea ice using earth's magnetic field.

-Cut and colored men's and women's hair-Scheduled appointments-Educated customers about products and made sales

-Performed custom cuts and colors on clients' hair-Facial waxing-Managed calenders and finances

-Created models in QtOctave/MATLAB to simulate NMR signal from microcoilexperiments in collaboration with the startup company NanoMR.-Designed and performed spectroscopy and imaging experiments on small, permanentmagnet systems.-Worked in a phase I grant with Exxon on developing a new MR technology to detectoil spills under sea ice using earth's magnetic field.-Assisted in grant writing.

Taught Introductory Chemistry (CHEM 108) and Laboratory.

-Taught AP chemistry, chemistry, biology, and algebra 1 courses to high schoolstudents in a one on one, mastery learning setting.-Developed AP chemistry curriculum, lecture, laboratory and testing materials.-Oversaw science courses as head of the science department.

Developed NMR techniques for novel detection methods of the xenon biosensor in solution.-Enhanced biosensor signal using novel “bubble-mode” xenon delivery.-Created pulse sequences in VNMR software to increase sensitivity by utilizing thechemical exchange of xenon between the biosensor and bulk solution.-Optimized Hyperpolarized Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (HyperCEST)parameters experimentally and theoretically by solving differential equations describingexchange dynamics in MATLAB and Mathematica to model signal enhancement.Conducted remote detection 129Xe NMR experiments to obtain high quality 3-D images thatwere otherwise unattainable with direct-detection methods.-Built remote detection NMR probes and other related hardware.-Performed remote imaging of phantoms, porous vegetables, and rocks.-Studied gas flow through porous materials using time-of-flight experiments.-Designed apparatus to enhance remote detection signal by reducing gas diffusion.

Collaborated in the development of MMME as a fast imaging technique.-Developed and programmed pulse sequences for a Bruker system.-Executed proof of principle imaging experiments.-Performed novel image processing using MATLAB.

-Assembled and studied Laponite/nitroxide thin films with electron paramagneticresonance spectroscopy (EPR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM).-Synthesized tethered cyclodextrins for use as a biosensor in self-assembledmonolayers.