Ph.D. in Photo-Physical Inorganic Chemistry (Prof. Gerald J. Meyer ), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; August 2010M.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)
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)
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-Director, Chemical Applied Materials Physics (ChAMP) Program , University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA (2019 - 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
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
Provost's Tuition Remission Scholarship, Towson University
Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society, University of Maryland
Golden Key National Honors Society, Towson University
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honors Society, Towson University
American Chemical Society (ACS) member (2004 - present)
U.S. Department of Energy, Photoelectrochemical Working Group (2011 - present)
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) member (2012 - present)
Materials Research Society (MRS) member (2012 - present)
UC Irvine Chemistry and Materials Physics (ChaMP) Graduate Program member (2013 - present)
UC Irvine Center for Solar Energy member (2014 - present)
University of California Innovative Materials for Energy Working Group member (2016 - present)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) member (2016 - present)