Strong management and supervising skills with good interpersonal communication and effective listening skills obtained as the principal investigator of a successful research laboratory • Experienced at balancing budgets and dividing monies among personnel expenses, instrument maintenance costs, and consumable purchases for a successful chemical research laboratory • Highly experienced in the development of new nanomaterial chemistries, including synthesis, characterization, and applications in catalytic and adsorptional investigations • Advanced knowledge of wet laboratory techniques for the synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic, polymer, and inorganic compounds • Advanced knowledge (design, installation, testing and use) of different vacuum equipment: pumps, gauges, RGAs, valves, etc. • Understanding of heterogeneous catalysis fundamentals  • Skilled in the characterization of catalysts and porous structures with electron microscopy (STEM, SEM, and TEM), chemisorption and nitrogen physisorption, powder X-ray diffraction, FTIR and DR-UV spectroscopy • Proficient with additional analytical techniques and computer software/hardware including CAD, MS Office suite and various scientific and programmers software • Practiced at writing, reviewing, and reporting state funded research grants and peer reviewed scientific publications • Skilled in biochemistry fundamentals and biological techniques including aseptic laboratory technique, fluorescence confocal microscopy and protein electrophoresis

nanotechnology, material science