|
Education:
Purdue
University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
2014-present
Postdoctoral
researcher: Bio-Ion collaboration between Zwier and McLuckey groups
Yale
University, New Haven, CT 06520
2009-2014
Ph.D. in
physical chemistry
Marist
College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
2005-2009
B.S. in
Chemistry with mathematics minor
Experience:
Yale University
Advisor: Professor
Mark A. Johnson
2009-2014
- Vibrational
photodissociation spectroscopy of cold, mass-selected gas phase ions
- Construction and
maintenance of home-built mass spectrometers
- Alignment of
tunable infrared laser systems (OPO/OPA).
- Theory: anharmonic
vibrational frequency calculations of systems with Fermi resonances
Marist College
Advisor: Professor
Jocelyn M. Nadeau
2007-2009
- Organic synthesis
of electroactive monomers that are incorporated into conducting polymers
- Synthetic
techniques: Suzuki coupling, electrophilic aromatic substitution, reductive
dehydration, and lithiation
- Structural characterization by NMR
spectroscopy
Columbia University
Advisor: Dr. Sanat
Kumar
NSF-REU program
Summer 2007
- Chemical bonding in
surfactant decorated gold nanodot systems
- Calculations of
ab initio two-body metal/surfactant potential energy curves using
Gaussian 03
Marist College
Advisor: Dr. John
Galbraith
Summer 2006
-
Ab initio valence bond theory of
chemical bonding in three-center four-electron
π-systems.
Awards and Honors:
Yale University
-
Distinguished Chemistry Fellowship
2009 - 2013
- Presentation selected for a "Hot Topics Talk" at the Gaseous Ions:
Structures, Energetics &
Reactions Gordon Research
Conference in Galveston, TX.
-
Presentation selected for a talk at the Atomic and Molecular Interactions Gordon
Research
Symposium at
Stonehill College, MA
- 2010 NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship: honorable mention
Marist College
- Boehringer
Ingelheim Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, 2009
- Class of 2009
Salutatorian Award
- 2009 NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship: honorable mention
- 2008 Barry
M. Goldwater Scholar
- ACS Analytical
Chemistry Achievement Award, 2008
- Mid-Hudson ACS
Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2008
