I was drawn to Oregon State by the genuine sense of collaboration at the department, college, and university levels. Here, young faculty can form relationships that spawn successful careers in both teaching and research.

 

Current Appointment

 

  • Assistant Professor, 04/13 to present
    School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering.
  • Assistant Professor, 04/13 to present . Material Science
    O    regon State University, Corvallis, OR

 

Education

 

  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 01/12-04/13.
    Department of Molecular Spectroscopy.
    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering,12/11. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
    Ph.D. thesis topic: The development of surface analytical methods to probe the chemical structure of surface immobilized proteins.
  • M.S. Chemical Engineering, 06/09. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, 05/04. University of California, Berkeley, CA.

 

Grants & Fellowships

  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology (2012)
  • NSF International Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (2012 -declined)

 

Awards & Honors

  • Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship -Top-level PhD Student Award (society-wide), AVS 58th International Symposium, 10/11.
  • PhD Student Award for Outstanding Research (society-wide), Society for Biomaterials, 04/11.
  • STAR Award (society-wide), Society for Biomaterials, 04/10.
  • Best Student Presentation (Biomaterial Interface Division), AVS 56th International Symposium, 11/09.
  • Best Student Poster Presentation, Surface Analysis 2009 Conference, 03/09
  • Best Student Presentation (Applied Surface Science Division), AVS 55th International Symposium, 10/08.