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Eugene, Or, Us

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Developing and overseeing the implementation of a systems-based leadership and career training strategy that impacts Knight Campus stakeholders, and can be scaled for broader impact. Leadership and professional trainings 1) reinforce and cultivate the values of UO 2) instill and solidify Knight Campus Foundational Characteristics - inclusive, bold, nimble, creative and collaborative and 3) accelerate the career trajectories of trainees by addressing skills gaps and anticipating future skills needs 4) build community amongst trainees to increase retention, resiliency, creativity and teamwork while concurrently cultivating a sense of belonging and 5) enable recruitment of top-tier stakeholders.Co-PI on $4.3M NSF Grant aimed at creating a pipeline of students to industry via community college --> UO bachelors --> UO Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program.PI for $1M Future Ready Oregon grant to expand impact of NSF Grant.Collaborated on UO cross-functional team charged with recommending KPIs and strategies for the university's priority of being a leader among the nation's public research universities in career preparation.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Leadership: Developed and led team of 6 to build a best-in-class (high-performing, diverse, professional) pipeline of industry-bound engineers, chemists and physicists for the 1st and 5th largest Physics and Chemistry programs in the US. Led, adapted and handled uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining program’s 98% graduation rate and placement of students at in-person internship. Awarded University-wide award for excellence in leadership.Management & Supervision: Responsible for goal setting, performance management, alignment and skills development of a 6-member team. 2 team members received university wide recognition for performance; 4 team members were recognized for excellence during the COVID-19 pandemic.Inclusion & Diversity: In 5 years, increased gender and URM representation by 250% through launch of a multi-prong initiative which included an I&D student workshop series and symposium; strategic recruitment; and pipeline building. Awarded $4.3M NSF grant to build a STEM pipeline for low-income community college students. Cultivated >$250k in corporate partner gifts to support I&D scholarships. Co-chair of the Knight Campus’s I&D committee, leading VP charges.Program Management & Relationship Development: Oversee all elements of master’s program including strategic allocation of resources; development and negotiation of timelines to meet needs of internal/external timelines; integration into new organizational unit; authoring of governance documents. Manage close relationships with 50+ industry sites and 200+ technical managers and HR, ensuring strong internship placements rates.Leadership Training: Identify and develop credit-based leadership and professional development trainings for scientists and engineers. Trainings include teamwork, I&D, Implicit Bias, negotiation, active listening, empathy, strengths, showcasing value (resume and interviews) and challenging conversations and a full-portfolio of DEI workshops.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Relationship Development: Strengthen and grow relationships between the Master's Industrial Internship Program and industrial partners by understanding industry specific talent pipeline needs and providing the resources necessary to facilitate the intern placement processLeadership & Professional Training: Develop and refine professional skills of Master level scientists including but not limited to interviewing, networking, presenting, expedited on-boarding, recognizing and addressing implicit bias, and thriving in unique company cultures.Recruitment/Partner Engagement: Connect master's students with external partners seeking exceptionally trained students in the areas of Polymer Science, Bioinformatics, Optics, and Semiconductors.

Skillman, Nj

Program Management: Earliest career/level employee to lead CTO’s Global Top 20 project and provide key “Go/No Go” decisions on external collaborations that were assessed at > $100M by collaborating with Product Design, Procurement, Innovation Sourcing, and Legal to fully understand business opportunity.Organizational Change: Led and developed “organizational learning” and “failing fast” initiatives for R&D team to improve innovation culture. Oversaw a 7-person action team comprised of upper management R&D leaders and HR staff to improve goal setting process and the evaluation of milestones and performance.Relationship Development: Actively engaged multiple external suppliers, vendors, and CROs leading to successful JDAs, high-profile projects, and IP generation. Collaborated with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and synergies could occur, especially when there were internal competing business priorities.Business Needs Assessment: Researched and evaluated sustainable ingredients for personal care applications through prior art searching, data mining, and experimentation. Resulted in 3 patents.Supervision: Oversaw multiple contractors, providing technical and professional mentorship; guidance on priorities and timelines; and general support to ensure team achieved organizational goals.Results Oriented & Team Focused (Core Trait): 3 patents; Standards of Leadership Award (Dec 2013) for work in building an innovation culture; Encore Award (May 2011, Jul 2103) for advancing goals of non-unit teams.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area

Developed polymers for life science applications (cell growth, gene delivery). Core areas of expertise include: Controlled Radical (RAFT) Polymerization | Temperature-Responsive Polymers (NIPAM) | Polymer characterization (NMR, GPC, DLS, UV-Vis, SLS, Rheometry) | Applications: Gold Nanoparticle Therapeautics/Diagnostics, Gene Delivery, Cell Growth Platforms, BioconjugatesMultiple awards for technical and leadership skills including recognition from Eastman Chemical Company and Zeon Chemical Company.Developed a cell growth platform with mechanical properties similar to collagen scaffold, through the synthesis and rational design of polymers with specified architectures and molecular weights.Designed a combined therapeutic/diagnostic delivery system for RNA through the novel use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and RAFT copolymers. Initiated collaboration with Princeton University through a cold call which resulted in a 1st author publication in Soft Matter. Developed relationships with prospective grad students as the program's doctoral candidate ambassador and host for visiting students.

- Synthesized a novel class of amine containing monomers and a series of novel zinc dithiophosphates to be tested as oil additives- Polymerized amine containing monomers for potential use in oil additives

Ph.D, Polymer Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Summer Bridge Program for Incoming Student Athletes- Academic Coach (Science), Graduate Student Advisory.

Bachelor Of Science, Chemistry, Minor Psychology, 3.99

Activities and Societies: 1st generation college student who graduated in 4 yrs with a high GPA while balancing ~20 hrs/week of employment.

Fundamentals Of Marketing, Marketing

1.8 Continuing Education Units