• Co-founded and managed the Entech University Program, a collaborative sponsorship program providing technology and training to academic thought leaders and their students • Trained professors, graduate students, post-docs, undergraduates and professional research staff on the theory and application of Entech methods, instrumentation, robotics, and software • Teaching in both the classroom and laboratory setting• Collaborated with and mentored research groups throughout their tenor in the University Program, guiding them through the research and publication process• Worked with 8 research groups and 40+ researchers over 2 years

• Designed and optimized new headspace extraction and thermal desorption technologies for analysis of environmental pollutants from air, water, and soil• Developed analytical methodologies for headspace extraction of volatile and semi-volatile chemical compounds in various subject areas, including environmental science (water and air chemistry), alcoholic beverages, cannabis, metabolomics, and forensic toxicology (e.g., drugs of abuse and chemical residues)• Disseminated research findings through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations

• Designed and constructed a hybrid imaging mass spectrometer with unique and influential performance characteristics, as evidenced by the wide-scale industrial and academic adoption of many key features• Developed widely used methods for SIMS and MALDI mass spectrometry imaging• Studied chemical communication and molecular organization of bacterial biofilms, cultured neurons, mammalian nervous system tissues, and plant tissues• Collaborated with scientists from the University of Notre Dame, the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory• Supervised 7 undergraduate researchers who have presented their work at several national conferences including the NSF’s Undergraduate Symposium in Washington DC• Graduate research has (to date) resulted in 13 peer reviewed journal articles, 10 first-author oral presentations, and 7 first-author poster presentations

• Interfaced with inventors to understand and evaluate new technologies • Performed intellectual property and marketability analysis on more than thirty different technologies• Worked with fellow OTM staff to protect, license, and promote intellectual property • Performed due diligence investigations and early market evaluations for Serra Ventures, an Illinois VC firm

• Interfaced with researchers to design methods for extraction and quantification of small-molecule metabolites• Developed and executed standard operating procedures for LC-MS and GC-MS data collection and analysis

• Developed a procedure for the extraction, detection, and quantification of artificial cannabinoids from illicit “Spice” products • Use of automated solid phase organic extraction, DART (direct analysis in real time) mass spectrometry compound identification, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-UV quantification• Resulted in one peer-reviewed publication (For. Sci. Int., 2012), one oral presentation, and one poster presentation

• Teaching Assistant for Newtonian Physics (30 students)• Supplemental Instructor for Organic Chemistry (60 students)• Tutor for Calculus I-III, Algebra, and Trigonometry

• Cultivated genetically modified E. coli and induced, purified, and characterized thermophilic proteins • Performed biophysical evaluation of thermophilic stability using circular dichroism spectroscopy • Resulted in one oral presentation and one poster presentation

• Performed inorganic synthesis of catalytic metal-oxide spinel nanoparticles, flame synthesis of few-layer graphene and carbon nanotubes, and materials characterization with electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction • Resulted in one peer reviewed publication (Carbon, 2013), one oral presentation, and one poster presentation

• Developed automated extraction procedures for Dionex Accelerated Solvent Extraction systems• Worked closely with clients to develop and execute custom material extractions

• Developed long-term land management and resource extraction plans • Managed of a crew of lumberjacks and performed tree falling, sawyering, and heavy equipment operation