Ph.D. in Photo-Physical Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. Gerald J. Meyer ), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; August 2010
M.A. in Photo-Physical Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. Gerald J. Meyer ), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; February 2008 (GPA: 3.96)
M.S. in Nutrition & Food Science (Prof. Liangli Yu ), University of Maryland, College Park, MD; August 2005 (GPA: 4.00)
B.S. in Mathematics (Pure, Applied, & Computing emphases), Towson University, Towson, MD; May 1999 (GPA: 3.87)
Professor, Department of Chemistry , University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2022 - present)
Director, Ensembles of Photosynthetic Nanoreactors (EPN) , Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) , U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (2022 - present)
Lead for Broadening Participation, Center for Interfacial Ionics (CI2 ) , Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI) , U.S. National Science Foundation (2022 - present)
co-PI, Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA) , Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub , U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (2020 - present)
Courtesy Joint Appointment, Department of Materials Science & Engineering , University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2014 - present)
Courtesy Joint Appointment, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2014 - present)
Member (formerly Co-Director, 2019 - 2024) , Chemical, Applied, and Materials Physics (ChAMP) Graduate Program , University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2013 - present)
Member, Materials and Manufacturing Technology (MMT) Graduate Engineering Program , University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2025 - present)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2019 - 2022)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2013 - 2019)
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science , Tokyo, Japan (2017)
Postdoctoral Scholar (Prof. Nathan S. Lewis ), Chemistry Department, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA (2010 - 2013)
Graduate Research Assistant (Prof. Gerald J. Meyer ), Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD (2005 - 2010)
Teaching Assistant, Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD (2005 - 2007)
Research Assistant (Prof. Dorothy Beckett ), Biochemistry Department, University of Maryland , College Park, MD (2005)
Graduate Research Assistant (Prof. Liangli Yu ), Nutrition & Food Science Department, University of Maryland , College Park, MD (2003 - 2005)
Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry and Nutrition & Food Science Departments, University of Maryland , College Park, MD (2003 - 2005)
Instructor, Math and Computer Science Departments, Baltimore City College High School , Baltimore, MD (2001 - 2003)
Software Engineer, Physiome Sciences, Inc. , Princeton, NJ (2001)
Instructor, Math & Computer Science Department, Community College of Baltimore County , Baltimore, MD (2000 - 2001)
IT Consultant & Associate Consultant, Xpedior / Metamor, Inc. , Landover, MD (1999 - 2000)
Teaching Assistant, Mathematics Department, Towson University , Towson, MD (1997)
Software & QA Engineer, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. , Columbia, MD (1993 - 1996)
UCI Nominee for Innovator of the Year Award , Orange County Business Journal
Faculty Innovation Fellow , UCI Beall Applied Innovation
UCI Beall Innovation Award , Beall Family Foundation
School of Physical Sciences Nominee for Emerging Innovation / Early Career Innovator of the Year Award , UCI Beall Applied Innovation
DOE Early Career Research Program Award , U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
School of Physical Sciences Nominee for Emerging Innovation / Early Career Innovator of the Year Award , UCI Applied Innovation
Scialog Fellow – Advanced Energy Storage , Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Cottrell Scholar , Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Sloan Research Fellow , Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Kavli Fellow, The Kavli Foundation Runner-up, Tech Idol Award , The American Water Summit
Moore Inventor Fellow , Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
UCI Beall Innovation Award , Beall Family Foundation
Physical (PHYS) Division Postdoctoral Research Award , American Chemical Society, PHYS Division
DOE–EERE Postdoctoral Research Award , Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Yale Climate & Energy Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) , Yale University
Harry and Cleio Greer Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University - awarded to an outstanding advanced-year graduate student
Ernest M. Marks Award, Johns Hopkins University - for excellence in teaching and research
Jacob K. Goldhaber Award, University of Maryland - travel grant
Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society, University of Maryland
Tuition Remission Scholarship, University of Maryland
Mary Hudson Scarborough Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Towson University - awarded to a senior-level undergraduate student
Joyce C. Neubert Award in Mathematics, Towson University - awarded to a junior-level undergraduate student
Golden Key National Honors Society, Towson University
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honors Society, Towson University
Provost's Tuition Remission Scholarship, Towson University