Experience

Postdoctoral Research associate | Mit, 09/2022 – PRESENT

  • Advisor: Michael Strano

  • Developing gas-impermeable two-dimensional (2D) polymer barriers

  • Establishing theoretical framework for achieving nano-enhanced phytoremediators

  • Creating nanobionic-based methanotrophic plants for environmental methane mitigation

  • Fabricating nanosensors for detecting emerging contaminants down to ~ 1 ppt

  • Studying fluid phase transition of water confined to single-digit carbon nanotubes

founding member | The open membrane database, 08/2021 – present

  • Led an international collaboration to develop an open-access membrane database

  • Produced performance and characterization calculators for database

nsf graduate research fellow | yale, 08/2017 – 08/2022

  • Advisor: Menachem Elimelech

  • Established a database for advancing the study of reverse osmosis membranes

  • Elucidated fundamental structure–property–performance relationships in polymer membranes

  • Developed approach for measuring surface reactions under nanoconfinement

  • Identified defects as a limiting factor for novel material-based membranes via in silico techniques

  • Developed optical technique for characterizing permeable materials with ultralow flow rates

  • Created nanofluidic platforms to study slip flow in Å-scale channels

ndwrri graduate research fellow | ndsu, 05/2016 – 08/2017

  • Advisor: Achintya Bezbaruah

  • Designed, characterized, and modified molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for phosphate remediation

engineering intern | hakanson anderson associates inc., 05/2015 – 08/2015

  • Designed wastewater treatment facility expansion for the City of Bethel, MN

  • Constructed AutoCAD watershed map to model flow habits and water quality

  • Developed BMPs to reduce nutrient loading into lakes

  • Created ArcMap exhibits to track municipal utilities, inspections, and ponds

nsf research experience for undergraduates | ndsu, 08/2013 – 05/2016

  • Advisor: Achintya Bezbaruah

  • Studied kinetics of biopolymer phosphate sorption to elucidate removal mechanisms

  • Analyzed the impacts of nanoparticale introduction on soil physico-chemical properties