CV

View my full CV here (as of January 2025).

Education

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | September 2020 to June 2025
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering
Ferry and Kortshagen Lab Groups
Dissertation: Nontoxic Nanomaterials for Luminescent Solar Concentrators in Agrivoltaic Systems
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
College of Science and Engineering Fellow

Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | June 2020
Graduated Honors with Distinction from Pennoni Honors College
Summa Cum Laude
Thesis Title: Optimization of Photodetection Analysis of MXene Thin Films
Senior Design Project: Sustainable Production of Ammonia

Rühr-Universität Bochum | Bochum, Germany | April 2018 to June 2018
Exchange Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering

Skills

Laboratory: Nonthermal plasma synthesis of nanocrystals, FTIR, XRD, EPR, PLQY, TRPL, HPLC, SILAR, UV-Vis, Glove Box,
Programming Languages: MATLAB (Proficient), Python (Proficient), HTML/CSS (Basic)
Software: Origin, AutoIt, AutoCAD, Blender, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, Microsoft Office
Foreign Language: Conversational Mandarin Chinese, Conversational Cantonese, Limited Working Proficiency Spanish, Basic German