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Education
2015 - 2019 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013 - 2015 M.S. Chemical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2009 - 2013 B.S. Environmental Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Experience
Spring 2019 Lecturer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course 3.044, Materials Processing
2015 - 2019 Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Control of crystallization using engineered substrates
2018 Desalination Consultant
Ionic Materials, Woburn MA
2013 - 2015 Research Assistant
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Influence of flow and interfaces on amyloid fibrillization
2013 Research Assistant
Universitat Leuphana Luneburg (Germany)
Evaluation of exothermic salts for thermal batteries
2012 - 2013 Research Assistant
University of Nevada, Reno
Sorption of Trenbolone to humic acids
Grants & Awards
2019 - ASGSR Orr Reynolds Service Award
2019 - APS Gallery of Fluid Motion Milton von Dyke Award
2019 - MIT Meredith Kamm Memorial Award
2018 - Martin Sustainability Fellowship
2015 - NSF GRFP
2014 - ASGSR Travel Award
2013 - Rensselaer Graduate Fellowship
2013 - Tau Beta Pi Fellowship (Deuchler no. 33)
2013 - ASCE Water Research Competition 2nd place
2012 - ASCE College of Engineering Outstanding Service
2011 - NSF EPSCoR grant
Skills
🇩🇪 Advanced German
✈️ Experiments in microgravity on a parabolic flight
🖥️ MatLab and FORTRAN
🔬 AFM, SEM, Optical Microscopy
☢️ Clean room fabrication
⚗️ XPS, XRD, LCMS, GCMS, CD, TGA
Service
2017 - 2020 Judge for Stockholm Junior Water Prize
2016 - 2018 ASGSR Student President
2017 - 2018 MIT Water Club Vice President
2014 - 2016 ASGSR Student Officer
2014 - 2016 RPI Engineers for a Sustainable World
2012 - 2013 UNR ASCE Secretary
2011 - 2013 UNR Water Treatment Team Captain