Innovative and results-driven organic chemist with over 9 years of research experience within the academic arena and 8 years within the industrial R&D and automation sector.⚫ Areas of Research Interest and Expertise:○ Organic Chemistry (multi-step syntheses of organic molecules, development of novel methodologies in organic chemistry, characterization of small molecules and complex organic compounds, asymmetric synthesis, catalysis, mechanistic studies, reaction intermediates, supramolecular and macrocyclic chemistry, photochemistry, X-ray crystallography, computational chemistry)○ Materials Chemistry (push-pull chromophores for optoelectronic devices, nanocarbon materials, fullerenes, polymer chemistry, polymeric nanoparticles, surface science)⚫ Specialties:○ Laboratory Automation and High-Throughput Workflow Design○ Management of research projects○ Standard experimental techniques used in synthetic organic chemistry and materials science (i.e. Schlenk and glove-box techniques)○ Solid knowledge of spectroscopic, analytical, and chromatographic methods: NMR (1D/2D), FT-IR, UV/Vis, GC-MS, LC-MS, HPLC, SEC/GPC, IC, MALDI-TOF, polarimetry, circular dichroism spectroscopy, thermal analysis (DSC, TGA), dynamic light scattering (DLS)○ Good expertise in important surface characterization techniques and equipment: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), contact angle goniometer, tensiometer, Langmuir-Blodgett trough○ Literature survey and research databases: SciFinder, Reaxys, Web of Science, Scopus, The Merck Index, ChemSpider