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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Building, delivering, and scaling world-changing products to simplify manufacturing and build a more resilient, dynamic, and greener world.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I lead global materials development for LuxCreo, a Kleiner-led Series B startup aiming to truly simplify manufacturing through scalable automation and 3D printing.

Greater Chicago Area

Product Development lead and Technical Expert for Additive Manufacturing (Covestro acquired DSM Functional Materials)

Greater Chicago Area

DSM Materials Cluster - Additive ManufacturingDevelopment Lead; Direct major new technology development projects from concept to commercialization. This involves everything from project directorship to technology development partnerships; from new technology ideation to design of experiments, and development/execution of new test methods and formulations. I lead diverse and intercontinental teams of technology and business professionals to achieve important technological goals, and develop products on the bleeding-edge of technology that are designed to transform their respective industries.

Greater Chicago Area

DSM Materials Cluster - DSM Functional Materials - SOMOSadditive manufacturing, thermosets, polymer chemistry, polymer physics, photochemistry

Akron, Oh

Dr. Abraham Joy's group. my work primarily focused within organic photochemistry, non-Newtonian rheology of melts and thermosets, UV curable 3D Printing, peptide presentation and controlled therapeutic release, and physical modeling of unique phenomena in 3D Printing.I adapted our functional polyester platform for use in extrusion based 3D printing to create a 3DP biomaterial platform that can UV crosslink without use of initiators or small molecules, transitioning from an ultra low Tg polymer melt to a cross-linked elastomeric matrix. By harnessing the power of our functional polyesters, we are able to covalently attach ligands to pendent groups along the polyester backbones within a 3DP structure. Through rigorous analysis of the structure-function and curing dynamics of these materials, I was able to exploit entanglement physics to enhance the printability and ultimate functionality of 3D printed scaffolds.

Akron

Angel fund for Northeast Ohio technology-oriented startups

Evaluated early stage academic research for startup commercialization potential.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

My work involves studying and implementing the right conditions for production of new materials used for additive manufacturing. I tackle the core question of why a given material may be 3D Printable, and what the material properties required for successful 3D printing are. I design quantitative algorithms using the principles of adhesion and non-newtonian interfacial dynamics to predict printability of materials based on its material properties.In addition to these duties, I am a member of the Additive Manufacturing Working Group, which works on drafting thoughtful technical and policy guidelines to assist and guide players in industry on development and implementation of medical implants, devices, and associated products through the use of additive manufacturing techniques and principles.

I consulted for biotech startups, helping them with technical ideation, and organizing technical workflows and IP strategies.

New Orleans

Studying the fundamental mechanics of adhesion, and translating these mechanics to technology using a bio-mimetic approach. Dr. Noshir Pesika's lab.

New Orleans

Tutored General/Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Calculus I/II/III, Differential EquationsAlso TA'd General Chemistry 1/2 with Heiko Jacobsen

New Orleans, Louisiana

RA at Sharp Hall, a freshman dorm.

Bse, Chemical Engineering

Ph.D, Polymer Science

Additive Manufacturing, Polymer Chemistry, Interfacial Phenomena, Rheology, Biomaterials

Education record

Little Rock, Arkansas