Welcome to my website. Here you can view:
my resume and download copies as Word DOC or Adobe PDF files;
my chemistry research and PDF files of research presentations of my postdoctoral research at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, graduate school research at the University of Southern California, and post-undergraduate work at Mayo [...]
At work lately, I have taken on the role of “unofficial safety officer.” I remind people (constantly) to wear safety glasses when they are in the lab. I advised another person that a paper face mask won’t filter out and protect them from acid vapors from a dilute hydrofluoric acid solution, which can [...]
Newark, DE has the worst electrical grid for any city in which I have ever worked.
The power went out in the section of the city near the University for about 10 minutes or so yesterday, yet again. This can be very, very dangerous in a laboratory situation, and there just happens to be plenty [...]
I had my first personnel review a few weeks ago. It went well. My boss is grooming me to be management. As for room for improvement, I need to be more assertive and “lead by influence.”
My first peer-reviewed publication has come out in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, entitled: Electrochemical Deposition of a New n-Doping Polymer Based on Bis(thienyl)isopyrazole. It is based on some of the work I performed during my postdoc at China Lake. I repeated the synthesis and ran the electrochemistry under different conditions [...]