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Research & Engineering Portfolio
Research & Engineering Portfolio
Welcome to my Research & Engineering Portfolio. I've worked in a range of academic and industrial settings doing nanofabrication, polymer chemistry, and spectroscopy.
These days I'm two arms deep in a glove box working on prebiotic chemistry, geochemistry, and astrobio in the Origins and Habitability Lab at NASA JPL!
Some fun tidbits & my Fickian ramblings on urban planning/transit, science, and other issues
Some fun tidbits & my Fickian ramblings on urban planning/transit, science, and other issues
EBSD Workshop from LPI
EBSD Workshop from LPI
Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) of Planetary Materials Workshop is scheduled for May 12‒14, 2026, at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. (Figure is Apollo 14073 Sample micrograph and overlaid phase/IPF maps).
ACS Geochemistry Division Student Award
ACS Geochemistry Division Student Award
Honored to receive the ACS Geochemistry Division Student Award at the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Publication: EPR spectroscopy of prebiotic organo-metallics
Publication: EPR spectroscopy of prebiotic organo-metallics
This work explores how EPR spectroscopy can help us understand prebiotic metal complexes and examines redox active organo-metallic coordination.
Publication: microfluidics for hydrothermal chimneys
Publication: microfluidics for hydrothermal chimneys
Thrilled to announce my first first-author research paper in Langmuir 2025, 41, 29, 19111–19126. In this work, we used porous silica scaffolds as a platform for heterogeneous nucleation, capturing hydrothermal chimney analogues for ex situ study.
Guest Speaker for ASM International, LA Chapter
Guest Speaker for ASM International, LA Chapter
Invited speaker for ASM International LA Chapter's September Meeting in Marina Del Rey
Metallo-polyelectrolyte research gets published
Metallo-polyelectrolyte research gets published
Pursuing my PhD in Materials!
Pursuing my PhD in Materials!
I got admitted to Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science to pursue my PhD in Materials!
Prior project highlights and areas of interest!
Prior project highlights and areas of interest!
Integrated Devices
Integrated Devices
Design and development of devices and models for sensing, telemetry, astronomy, and other engineering projects.
Materials & 3D Printing
Materials & 3D Printing
Materials processing, characterization, and applications // Development of new stereolithography (SLA) resins and print processes.
Surface and Interface Science
Surface and Interface Science
Physics and Chemistries at phase-boundaries and interfaces
Technical skills:
Technical skills:
Statistics and research methods
Wet chemistry, glove box work, and sputtering
Nanofabrication (lithography (including soft and e-beam), L-Edit mask design, Ion Beam, MBE, CVD/HDPCVD, plasma etching, etc)
Chemical/Wet Etching (Si/SiN/SiO)
Semiconductor fabrication and processing (DREI/REI, XeF2 Etching, etc)
Surface and particle characterization (AFM & BET)
Optical & fluorescence microscopy (including DLS and Confocal)
Electron Microscopy (SEM and STM)
X-ray characterization (XRD, XRF, W/SAXS)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
Thin film characterization and metrology (goniometry, contact/laser/optical profilometry, and ellipsometer)
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