Professional Experience
Present:
Research Associate
NYS Center for Advanced Materials Processing
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
- Improved metal coated polymer particles; Sponsored by Conpart AS, Norway. To develop methods for depositing metallic layers (Cu, Ni, Ag, Au) onto polymer spheres of various sizes, and surface properties.
- Preparation of bimetallic particles with novel optical and catalytic properties.
- Running day by day operations in Fine Particle Science Laboratory.
- Supervising and guiding undergraduate and graduate students on their efforts to complete research projects / theses.
- Interpretation of data sets, writing scientific papers, reports for projects and manuscript preparation.
- Running day by day operations in Fine Particle Science Laboratory (Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University).
2006 - 2009:
Ph.D. Student
Colloid and Nanoparticle Research Group
Fine Particle Science Laboratory
NYS Center for Advanced Materials Processing
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
- Received the Distinguished Graduate Student Award.
- Formation mechanisms of metal colloids. Dissertation
- Developed an easy-scalable and cost-effective reproducible system for synthesizing spherical gold particles having diameters of 30-40nm.
- Research and development of pure metallic and metallic composite particles (Ag, Cu, Ni, Au, CuAg, AgPd, NiAu, NiPt, CoPt, Al Ag).
- Research and development of composite polymer / metal (Ni, Au) and glass, graphite, tungsten carbide / metal particles for applications in electronic devices.
- Interpretation of data sets, writing scientific papers,reports for industrial projects.
- Running day by day operations in Fine Particle Science Laboratory (Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University).
- Supervising and guiding undergraduate / graduate students on their efforts to complete several reseasrch projects / senior theses:
Nathan S. Porter - B.Sc. Chemistry, 2009. "Preparation of bimetallic particles by chemical precipitation from homogeneous solution". Currently M.Sc. at SUNY Binghamton.
Whitney Olson - B.Sc. Chemistry, 2008. Currently at General Electric.
Sylas C. LaPlante - B.Sc. Chemistry, 2008. Current M.Sc. student.
Lu Lu - Chemistry 2010. Current M.Sc. student.
Gwendolyn T. Burkey - Chemistry 2011. Current undergraduate student.
2004-2005
Scanning Probe Microscopy Laboratory
Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
- Technician - maintaining and operating JEOL JSPM 4210 Scanning Probe Microscope (AFM, STM).
- Investigating phase transitions in lipid Langmuir films by means of atomic force microscopy.