About
Current Position
Assistant Professor Aug. 2017 – Present
Vanderbilt University
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, FL May 2011
Bridge to the Doctorate, City College of New York, NY July 2006
B.E., Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, NY Dec. 2005
Research Experience
UM President’s Postdoctoral Fellow April 2015 – July 2017
University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Michael J. Solomon
Topic: Fundamental electrokinetic phenomena for the assembly of switchable colloidal crystals.
UM President’s Postdoctoral Fellow Aug. 2013 – Mar. 2015
University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Kotov
Topic: Synthesis and assembly of chiral nanoparticles; interparticle forces.
Additional Responsibilities: Lab Manager (Nov. 2013-Nov. 2014)
Postdoctoral Researcher Mar. 2012 – Jul. 2013
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Materials Science and Engineering Division (Complex Fluids Group)
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey A. Fagan
Topics: Validation of the hydrodynamics of colloidal rods using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as model systems; characterization of surfactant assembly on colloidal CNTs and measurements of length distributions using sedimentation velocity experiments.
Graduate Research Assistant Aug. 2006 – May 2011
University of Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering
Advisors: Dr. Kirk J. Ziegler and Dr. Jason E. Butler
Dissertation Title: Manipulation of the microenvironment surrounding single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and its effect on photoluminescence and separation processes.