BS (Chemistry), Eastern Michigan University
PhD (Analytical Chemistry), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Post-doctoral affiliation (Analytical Chemistry), University of Michigan
My research background focuses on the fundamental development of liquid chromatography (LC) columns in capillaries and microfluidic devices. LC columns are at the heart of many analytical separation techniques across pharmaceutical, environmental, and biomedical research projects. Early work focused on the physical structure of the packed chromatographic bed inside a fused silica capillary and led to strategies that could be used to pack more efficient columns in capillaries and also miniaturized microfluidic devices. Other interests have included understanding the physical processes beyond bed structure that impact column performance (included extra-column effects and frictional heating) and applying LC and mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation to solve analytical problems in neuroscience and molecular physiology.
Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement Scialog Fellow – 2024
Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley (CFDV) Award – 2023
The Analytical Scientist "Top 40 Under 40" – 2022
Rowan University Excellence in Research Award - 2022
LCGC Emerging Leader Award - 2022
ACS Satinder Ahuja Young Investigator in Separation Science Award - 2021
NSF CAREER Award (CHE-2045023) - 2021
Young Investigator Award, Chinese American Chromatography Association - 2020
The Analytical Scientist "Top 40 Under 40" - 2018
Eastern Michigan University Outstanding Young Alumnus - 2017
NIH NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (F32- EB019800)
HPLC 2013 Csaba Horváth Top Young Scientist Award
NSF Predoctoral Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE-0646083)
Goldwater Scholar - 2008