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Ithaca, New York, US

Ithaca, New York, US

Ithaca, New York, US

Early stage startup working on next-gen energy storage materials

College Park, Maryland, US

Tech to market and product development consulting for energy storage start up

Wilmington, DE, US

• Identified $400M whitespace opportunity in traction pack thermal management, led technical efforts through stage-gate process, worked with marketing leaders to develop needs-based segmentation from technology and.
• Led development and launch of new thermal management product, Temprion™ OHS
• Established relationship and application development project with major international automotive OEM on BEV battery pack thermal management
• Established technical programs and tested value hypotheses with external experts in Tier 1s and National Laboratories

Wilmington, DE, US

Technical lead for thermal management technologies targeting automotive xEV, specialty battery packs and select electronics applications.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Provided vision and mission for multidisciplinary team composed of senior scientists focused on new solvents and additives for advanced Li-ion electrolytes. Technology acquired by Solvay in 2016.
• Reduced learning cycle time through rapid screening approach, team generated high performing additives at the highest rate in program history
• Supported $3.5M DOE funded program with Farasis Energy, Inc. Contributed to 3x increase in cycle life through failure mode analysis and electrolyte formulation recommendation for high voltage Li-ion cells
• Performed computational and electrochemical studies linking electrolyte degradation and failure mechanisms, guided team toward targets for new solvents and additives
• Co-authored 7 patent applications for electrolyte formulations and invented new composition of matter
• Initiated new R&D projects in wearable sensors/actuators, collaborated with DuPont Performance Polymers on new class of fluorinated elastomers curatives, resulted in 1 granted patent and new commercial curative system

Wilmington, DE, US

Electrochemical and computational investigations for DuPont battery solvent-electrolyte offerings.http://ma.ecsdl.org/content/MA2014-02/7/527.abstract

Niskayuna, New York, US

• Na-NiCl2 (ZEBRA) battery characterization and performance testing
• Fabrication and testing of NiMH electrodes for novel fuel cell concept
• Combinatorial (thermal imaging) investigation of combustion catalysts for turbine turn down
• Synthesis and characterization of core-shell quantum splitting nanophosphors for fluorescent lighting

• Sole chemist, responsible for managing chemistry lab and all petrography-related chemical analysis.
• Performed materials testing according to ASTM standard methods
• Performed flame-atomic absorption spectroscopy for elemental analysis
• Upkeep of lab instruments: Computers, F-AAS, Water Still, Filtration units

San Francisco, CA, US

• Resolve various computer issues for USF employees w/ specialty in Apple products
• As part of yearly replacement program, migrate users from old to new machines, transfer files, preferences etc. to new machines
• Maintain integrity of computer inventory
• Image new computers before delivery, wipe data from old hardware

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrochemistry // Materials

M.S., Materials Chemistry

B.S., Chemistry

High School