• Experience in device design, characterization, and control related to optical & spectroscopic metrology and to microfabricated/microfluidic devices in interfacial, colloidal, & biological systems
• Knowledge of numerical and analytical modeling methods and user interface development
• Widespread practice in working collaboratively with academic, industrial, and governmental research teams
• Worked both internationally and on interdisciplinary projects
• Superb leadership, interpersonal and communication skills; author of numerous publications and a patent; a specialist in scientific writing and presenting; proven ability to obtain grant funding and initiate new projects
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Education
MS, PhD in Physics (GPA: 4.0), Rice University, Houston, TX 2009, 2011
Fulbright Fellow in Biophysics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany 2004 – 2005
BS in Physics, BA in Math (GPA: 3.97), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 2004
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National Awards and Grants
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Fellowship
National Institutes of Health Nanobiology Grant
National Institutes of Health Membrane Biophysics Grant
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
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Skills
Device Design:
Microfluidic Electroporator
Voltage-Controlled Current Supply
Microwire Magnetic Force Transducer
3-D Tissue Levitator
3-D Tissue Printer
Hardware:
Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy (SFG)
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy(FTIR)
Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy(CD)
Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis)
Hyperspectral Imaging
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission
Class 4 Laser Systems
Photolithography
E-beam Evaporation
Mask Design
Microfluidics
PCB design
Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy
Phase Contrast Microscopy
Flow Cytometry
Oscilloscopes
Function Generators and Triggers
Liquid Nitrogen Handling
(competent)
Confocal Microscopy
Software:
LabVIEW
MATLAB
IGOR Pro
Mathematica
Gwyddion
COMSOL
OmniSim
FACSCalibur
AutoCAD
iWork
OmniGraffle
MS Office
(competent)
ImageJ
C
C++
Fortran 90
HTML
Sample Preparation:
Langmuir-Blodgettry
BSL-1 Cell Culture
Electroformation
Electrodeposition
Surface Modification
Languages:
English
German (conversational)
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Entrepreneurship
Co-Founder, Incellerate, LLC, Houston, TX 2008 – 2011
Conducted proof-of-principle experiments for high-throughput microfluidic electroporation technology; co-founded Incellerate with faculty from Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center
Co-Inventor, Nano3D Biosciences, Houston, TX 2009 – 2011
Fabricated first generation magnetic manipulation device; co-invented 3-D cell culturing device through magnetic levitation (patent pending); website: [http://www.n3dbio.com/||http://www.n3dbio.com/]
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Professional Experience
Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD & Boulder, CO Sep 2011 – present
Testing of Optical Medical Imaging Metrology
• Established new metrological imaging techniques for evaluating the chemical composition of images (MatLab)
• Developed collaboratively analytical and numerical models to approximate confocal hyperspectral imaging (analytical, Mathematica)
• Worked with collaborative teams consisting of mechanical engineers, biologists, and physicists
Advancing Thin Film Spectroscopy
• Enhanced experiments examining molecular interaction with organic 2-D films (SFG, CD, UV-Vis)
• Programmed automation software (IGOR Pro) for high through-put analysis of spectroscopic data and camera monitoring systems (LabVIEW)
• Authored grant proposal and funded (~$350,000-2 yr.)
Driving New Methods of Patterned Nano-Array Analysis
• Jointly led collaborative effort to examine functionality of protein arrays (FTIR) with chemists from academia
• Coded application (MatLab) to examine uncertainty in measurement of topographical features
Improving Modeling of Microfluidic Cell Capture
• Created numerical model of porous microfluidic cell-capture systems (COMSOL) for a microfabrication team
Project Lead, Rice University, Houston, TX Aug 2005 – Sep 2011
Designing of Systems and Integration for Thin Film Mechanics Studies
• Developed microfabricated magnetic force device (machining, photolithography, electrodeposition) for studying microscale thermal and mechanical properties and designed supply, control, and logic electronics for all experiments
• Programmed user friendly control (LabVIEW), modeling (COMSOL), and analysis (MATLAB) systems
• Directed multidisciplinary teams (Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Medicine) ranging from one to four...
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