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North Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC, CA

North Vancouver, BC, CA

London, England, GB

Led the materials and process innovation function within the PANGAIA R&D team, focusing on sustainable technologies in the areas of biopolymers, carbon-capture and utilization, green chemistry, waterless processing, regenerative agriculture/agroforestry, and packaging.

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

• Working towards a fossil-fuel-free future with sustainable material innovations
• Direct innovation projects that create industry-leading sustainable technologies for use in the sporting goods market (apparel, footwear, accessories, software, consumer experience, etc.)
• Act as project lead for a German-funded consortium project (“AlgaeTex”) to produce textiles derived entirely from microalgae with the Fraunhofer Institute, RWTH Aachen, and University of Bayreuth
• Identify, scout, track and evaluate new companies and organizations for potential partnerships and developments in the bio-polymer and synthetic biology space
• Focus on biosynthetic materials from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation feedstocks, including those from agricultural waste and byproducts, algae, captured greenhouse gases (CO2) and regenerative agriculture

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

• Responsible for sustainable footwear materials across the adidas brand (together with 1-3 colleagues)
• Initiated and developed new sustainable footwear materials, utilizing pre- and post- consumer waste, various bio-synthetic feedstocks, and natural materials with existing supply chain and new partners/startups
• Drove the phasing-out of hazardous chemistries throughout the supply chain based on legislative and regulatory shifts in the industry
• Worked as an industry advisor/sponsor to universities and research institutions for projects focusing on microplastics, regenerative agriculture, anti-microbial finishes, coloration, and various other topics
• Consulted for business units and other internal brand stakeholders regarding sustainable material targets for footwear
• Worked closely with the Materials Sourcing team to direct suppliers towards brand targets to achieve company’s internally- and externally- facing goals

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, DE

• Initiate and drive the development of new material concepts for footwear and apparel, including but not limited to extruded multi-layer polymeric (e.g TPU) films, engineered woven textiles, braiding, laminated/coated.
• Create and manage highly collaborative interdisciplinary teams of material scientists, textile engineers, mechanical engineers, external stakeholders, legal counsel and designers to work towards relevant technology.
• Lead status update meetings/presentations, workshops, kickoff and brainstorming sessions
• Establish necessary performance/economic benchmarks, quality assurance specifications and optimized processes for releasing new material technologies—including those for use in the semi-autonomous SpeedFactory robotic.
• Research and establish new supply chains in Europe and the USA according to local sourcing strategy for SpeedFactory initiative
• Establish new relationships and on-board research & development partners (institutions and commercial companies) under negotiated NDA, CDA, and JDA legal frameworks where appropriate

Denver, Colorado, US

• Developed new, innovative and novel knit/woven materials for the Summit Series mountaineering apparel line (Fall '14 - Fall '16) and Snow Sports ski/alpine line (Fall '16) using existing supply chain and introduced new.
• Provided objective/analytical evaluation of commercially available textile technologies for brand-wide use while utilizing Enovia PLM system to record commercially ready raw materials. This included (but was not.
• Contributed to development/launch of FuseForm textile platform in Fall '14 season and its advancement through Fall ‘16 (resulting in multiple industry awards from Outside Magazine, GearJunkie, GOLD OutDoor Industry.
• Co-inventor, patent application PCT/US2015/027975 (publication number WO 2015171363 A1): “Unitary woven fabric construct of multiple zones”
• Prepared and presented seasonal material trend boards to product category directors and designers. Curated vendor-supplied materials into a thematic story as inspired by WGSN trend forecasting
• Served on an expert panel to brief field reps on material technology platforms. Acted as a consultant to answer material-related questions, and created internal/external-facing content to communicate new and existing.

Santa Barbara, CA, US

• Instruct and administer introductory physics laboratory experiments/procedures to six sections of 24 students each (college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors)
• Teach physical concepts and mathematics pertinent to each week's demonstration
• Grade and evaluate lab reports while providing useful feedback for the development of analytical skills

Santa Barbara, CA, US

• Mechanical testing of woven ceramic (silicon carbide) fiber-reinforced composite materials and characterization of their microstructures via techniques developed in-house and optical/electron microscopy
• Compared measured material properties with manufacturer-supplied data sheets and investigate dissimilarities
• Analyzed data, images, and high-speed video using Microsoft Excel, Wolfram Mathematica, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator and present results via PowerPoint in group meetings and 10-40 person seminars
• Researched up to date scientific literature on ceramic matrix composites, ballistic impact of monolithic ceramics, and environmental barrier coatings for aerospace applications and to design experiment parameters

Laurel, Maryland, US

• Used SpeXTool software suite to reduce IR spectroscopy data of interstellar medium (dark molecular clouds)
• Analyzed ground-based data and Spitzer satellite data for absorption bands indicative of water and silicates

Baltimore, MD, US

• Contacted and collaborated with local universities/other museums to procure items/props needed for museum exhibits
• Searched and compiled facts/images of organisms and landscapes for use in Astrobiology and Antarctica exhibits
• Organized an Excel spreadsheet of vendors for external build suppliers, video services, and custom fabrication jobs
• Supported the exhibit builders by doing wood-working to assist in Antarctica exhibit
• Participated in weekly meetings with the Exhibits Department team of 5 people, and met with the 10 collaborators to the Astrobiology exhibit (special education teachers, astrophysicists, planetary scientists.
• Pitched and began planning an individual interactive display to explain the radial velocity technique of detecting exoplanets

Laurel, Maryland, US

• Created a successful gold-nickel nanowire thermocouple device with scalable processing techniques with potential for improving existing microelectronics cooling/temperature-control technology
• Fabricated 18-73 nm-diameter bismuth nanowires and 200 nm-diameter gold-nickel nanowire devices by electrodeposition
• Characterized, tested, and imaged nanowires/devices using LabView, Origin 8, and QCapture software (with optical/electron microscopy) to take voltage/temperature measurements and to analyze data

Washington, DC, US

• Compiled facts and images on obscure species of Cephalopoda for the Encyclopedia of Life project
• Created, administered and contributed to http://cephalopoda.lifedesks.org/

Baltimore, MD, US

· Operated Scanning Electron Microscope & Focused Ion Beam · Prepared samples with photo-lithography · Designed sample patterns using the Nanometer Pattern Generation System (NPGS) software

Laurel, Maryland, US

• Studied and processed atmospheric data of TIMED spacecraft
• Wrote code in the IDL programming language to plot atmospheric temperatures

• Tutored and supervised between 5-10 high school students ages 16-18 in remedial mathematics, social studies, and English on a weekly basis
• Graded and evaluated students through online coursework
• Specialized in Algebra, Geometry

Greenbelt, MD, US

· Analyzed Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope data aboard the SWIFT satellite · Compiled an ultra-violet source catalog of M33 · Produced a false-color mosaic containing three filter bands

• Taught two beginner-level tennis courses to youth between the ages of 9-15

Bachelor Of Science, Physics

Master Of Science (M.S.), Materials Science