EDUCATION
Doctorate, Materials Science (2008) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Designed II-VI semiconductor nanoscale devices for studying electrical transport properties and mechanical failure mechanisms.
• Devised schemes for arbitrarily modifying the surface functionality of electrochemically deposited nanostructures and their ceramic hosts; characterized modified surfaces via fluorescence microscopy.
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (2001) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Coursework:
• Mathematics (discrete math, linear algebra, combinatorics, real analysis and probability)
• Computer science (algorithm analysis, software design, compilers and computer architecture)
• Physics (classical mechanics, E&M, and solid state physics)
Undergraduate Research:
• Implemented new features and fixed bugs in the nanoManipulator software that permits user defined 3d manipulation of the AFM probe tip in several commercially available microscopes.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Research Specialist (Jan 2011 – Present). Dow Corning, Midland MI.
• Increased materials screening throughput by more than 600% by acquiring improved instrumentation and implementing better data acquisition methods. Identified new characterization methods for elucidating structure-property relationship of hybrid silicon-lanthanide resin materials.
• Performed DFT simulations of hybrid organic-inorganic resins to search for blue sensitizing ligands.
• Led characterization team meetings and maintained relationships with external academic contacts.
• Managed work packages for technicians and co-ops.
Adjunct Assistant Professor (Jan 2011 – Present). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics & Astronomy.
• Co-advised graduate and undergraduate student research programs on tin-oxide nanowire sensors.
• Advised on development of metal-semiconductor nanostructures for plasmon propagation.
• Received NSF grant for plasmon-based sensors. (2013-2017 academic calendar years.)
Software Consultant (Sep 2010 – Jun 2012). America’s Quality Search, Ridgewood, NJ.
• Used agile methodology to design and implement a large system indexing property title records and court judgments for the state of New Jersey.
• Front-end UI implemented in PHP, jQuery and HTML5 with Bonfire and CodeIgniter APIs.
• On demand reporting engine driven by Java based Play! Framework.
• Data loader and scheduler designed in Java and PHP with data stored in a relational DB.
Post-doctoral Research Associate (Mar 2008 – Jan 2010). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics & Astronomy.
• Initiated new research program investigating plasmon propagation in metal-semiconductor nanowires.
• Conducted FDTD simulations of plasmon propagation depolarization in nanowires.
• Fabricated materials and characterized plasmon propagation in metal-semiconductor nanowires.
Software Consultant (Mar 2004 – Oct 2010). Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC.
• Implemented new features for an electronic medical record system including digital signature capture and a calendar for scheduling appointments.
• Designed databases and created new user interfaces to support implementation of new features
• Routinely fixed bugs based on user feedback.
Graduate Research Associate (Aug 2003 – Mar 2008). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum in Applied & Materials Science.
• Fabricated metal-semiconductor-metal nanowires via electrochemical routes for device appli...
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