About

Work Experience

Axalta Coating Systems

Technology Manager, Process Technology, Aug 2024 – Present

DuPont (Electronics & Industrial)

Principal Investigator (R&D), Cyrel® Flexographic Solutions, Oct 2021 – Aug 2024

Axalta Coating Systems

Team Manager, Waterborne Technology, Feb 2019 – Oct 2021

Formulations Scientist, Aug 2016 – Feb 2019 

Professional Societies

American Chemical Society

Chair, Philadelphia Local Section, 2024 [link]

Associate Member, Committee on Professional Training (CPT), 2023 – Present [link]

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Aug 2016

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Thesis: Unraveling Structure-Property Relationships in Polymer Blends for Intelligent Materials Design [link]

Graduate research advisor: Prof. Tim Lodge

B.E., Chemical Engineering, May 2011

Vanderbilt University

Additional major: Mathematics

Minors: Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate research advisor: Prof. Kane Jennings