I am a fast, independent learner with a passion for tackling new domains of expertise both independently and through collaboration with other experts, tinkering and solving multi-disciplinary technical problems, and aligning team members around the pursuit of a common goal in the face of difficult outlooks.I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering simultaneously from Drexel University in June 2019.I was a founder and principal engineer at Sonnest Inc., where I worked with a technical team of 1-5 people, in addition to our C-suite and external partners, to take a complex injectable ultrasound enhancing agent product, Electrast, from an early stage (R&D lab manufacturing scale and preclinical proof of principle) through execution of a first-in-human trial and beyond. This experience was the most demanding trial of my stress and risk tolerance, research and mentorship capabilities, and persistence and resolve that I have faced so far in my young career. It has left me appreciative of the value of persistence, foresight and long-term vision, giving and receiving honest feedback, the balance between time, capital, and likelihood of success, and the equal and finite time we each individually must choose how to spend each day and each lifetime.Before Sonnest, I completed three six-month co-op experiences through Drexel University: the first as a member of the R&D team at Infineum USA, a leader in the lubricant additive industry, and the second and third as a member of the analytical team at W. L. Gore and Associates, a leader in advanced materials.At Infineum, I contributed to a diverse series of projects in product development and modeling, expanding my knowledge of advanced numerical kinetic modeling and programming, polymerization theory, and analytical techniques.At W. L. Gore and Associates, I created tailored software to automate analytical team workloads and multiply efficiency, devised new spectroscopic techniques and statistical processing methods to advise manufacturing teams, implemented a dynamic database of analytical lab samples and work history using Python, and led the install quality process for multiple analytical devices.I spent my freshman (only) summer off as a full-time laboratory researcher in the Tang Electrochemistry Lab growing my scientific independence while designing and directing experiments, investigating the electrochemistry of sodium-ion electrolyte solutions, and engineering new data processing methods for characterizing experimental electrolyte solutions.
Listed skills include Electrochemistry, Data Visualization, Mentorship, Engineering, and 17 others.