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Coordinate new product and capability developments for ultrafast laser opticsProvide technical assistance to customers with a variety of ultrafast applicationsAnalyze target markets to understand application needs and develop supporting productsIdentify and evaluate new strategic products, work with R&D and engineering to realize necessary technologies for product developmentServe as a subject matter expert in ultrafast laser opticsDevelop technical content around new products and capabilities, as well as educational content around ultrafast laser optics in general

Serve as a subject matter expert in online course development for graduate level chemical safetyWork with other subject matter experts to create safety curriculum and write original storyboardsCoordinate with ACS product management to develop an effective course for students of various educational backgrounds

Design, build, and align ultrafast optical systems for femtosecond time resolution and nanometer spatial resolutionFabricate Fabry-Perot microcavities to study effects of strong light-matter couplingStudy perovskite quantum dot superlattices to understand effects of long-scale coupling on coherent phenomenaMentor graduate students in technical instrumentation and theoretical concepts

Developed novel diffractive optical element-based ultrafast microscope, leading to publication of 2 first-author journal articles and a presentation at the International Conference on PhotochemistryIndependently established synthetic efforts in the group to fabricate bulk and 2D perovskite films and single crystals for ultrafast spectroscopic characterizationServed as laboratory safety officer, which included creating a student safety committee and drafting an Emergency Action Plan for the entire departmentMentored undergraduate and junior graduate students in perovskite fabrication and non-linear opticsWrote technical reports including data analysis summaries and instrumentation descriptions

Oversaw undergraduate instruction for physical chemistry laboratory courseDesigned course experiment on optical trappingSupported teaching assistants in the transition to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Advisor: Prof. James N. DemasDeveloped analytical methods for lead detection in drinking waterCharacterized water-soluble lead complexes

Physical Chemistry

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry