Positions
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico 2024-present
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (secondary)
Assistant Professor, Lehigh University 2023-2024
Department of Chemistry
Principal Investigator 2016 – 2023
Institute for Basic Science
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry 2019 – 2023
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Postdoctoral Scholar 2013 – 2016
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Academic Training
University of Michigan 2009 – 2013
PhD in Chemistry, Ultrafast chemical dynamics of hydrogen bonding environments
State University of New York at Fredonia 2005 – 2009
BS in Chemistry
Research Experience
Principle Investigator 2016 – present
biophysics, soft matter physics, single-molecule spectroscopy, super-resolution microscopy
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2013 – 2016
polymer physics, super-resolution microscopy, technique development
Graduate Student, University of Michigan 2009 – 2013
ultrafast chemical dynamics, fragile liquids, multidimensional spectroscopy, sum-frequency generation
Invited Talks
Chung-Ang University, Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells 2023
The Ohio State University, Dept. Chemistry, Columbus, USA 2023
Stanford University. Dept. Chemistry, Palo Alto, USA 2023
Lehigh University, Dept. Chemistry, Bethlehem, USA 2023
Purdue University, Dept. Physics, W. Lafayette, USA 2022
University of Rochester, Dept. Chemistry, Rochester, USA 2022
Korean Chemistry Society, Changwon, S. Korea 2019
Northwestern University, Dept. MATSE, Evanston, USA 2018
American Physics Society, Division of Polymer Physics, Los Angeles, USA 2018
Tribhuvan University, Dept. Chemistry, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
Gordon Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Liquids, Holderness, USA 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. Chemistry, Boston, USA 2016
Max Planck Society Symposium, Berlin, Germany 2016
University of Pittsburgh, Dept. Chemistry, Pittsburgh, USA 2016
University of Chicago, Dept. Chemistry, Chicago, USA 2016
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Dept. Chemistry, Blacksburg, USA 2016
Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept. Chemistry, Atlanta, USA 2016
Vanderbilt University, Dept. Chemistry, Nashville, USA 2015
University of Toronto, Dept. Chemistry, Toronto, Canada 2015
Awards and Honors
Spotlight on Early Career Investigators, Biophysical Society 2018
Outstanding Dissertation (2nd place; University of Michigan; university wide) 2013
The Alumni Fund Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award 2012
Chemistry Research Excellence Fellowship 2012
Sokol Graduate Research Fellowship 2011
University of Michigan Departmental Research Fellowship 2011
Moos Outstanding Senior Award 2009
A.C.S. Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry 2008
Keller Outstanding Research Award 2008
EDP Tutor of the Year 2008
A.C.S. Undergraduate Award in General Chemistry 2006
Mentoring Experience
PhD candidates mentored – 3
Masters students – 1
Undergraduate students – 6
Post–doctoral fellows – 3
Teaching Experience and Interests
I am interested in teaching science at all levels from a fundamental point-of-view. My teaching experience includes Advanced Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Chemistry, Reaction Kinetics, Physical Chemistry Lecture, General Chemistry.