2020 – 2021, The University of California – Irvine, CA

Postdoctoral Scholar in the Apkarian Lab

Researching fundamental science and real-world applications of ambient Tip-enhanced Stimulated Raman studies in time and frequency domain at the CaSTL Center at UCI.

 

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2014 – 2019, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

PhD research in the Richmond Lab

Surface chemistry studies of important SOA forming atmospheric molecules (glyoxal, hydroxyacetone, methylglyoxal, and pyruvic acid) at the air-water Interface using experimental and computational vibrational sum frequency (VSF) optical spectroscopy and Wilhelmy plate surface tensiometry.

 

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Spring 2013, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

Guenza Lab Rotation

Computational Molecular Dynamics and Metadynamics Studies of the Free Energy Surface and Dynamics of the Protein Calmodulin

 

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Fall 2013,University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

Marcus Lab Rotation

Single Molecule Fluorescence Linear Dichroism (smFLD) and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET) Investigations of DNA unwinding using the T4 Primosome model system

 

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2010 – 2013, New College of Florida – Sarasota, FL

Shipman Lab

Experimental and Computational Rotational Spectroscopy and Analysis of Ethanethiol, Propanethiol, and 2-Propanethiol

 

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Summer 2012, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

NSF REU in the Boettcher Lab

Deposition of Ultrathin Films From Doped Mixed Metal Precursors for Trap assisted Tunneling