Education
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Brandeis University, USA
Ph.D. Thesis: Experimental and modeling studies of pattern growth and pattern invasion in heterogeneous reaction-diffusion systems supervised by Irving Epstein
• Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry with Departmental Honors in Mathematics, cum laude
California State University, Long Beach, USA
Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry with Departmental Honors in Mathematics, cum laude
Professional experience
• 02/07/18 – present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Belgian American Educational Foundation
Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit (NLPC) ,Department of Chemistry,
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
• 01/06/11 – 13/05/18: Graduate Researcher,
Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University,USA
• 15/09/06 – 27/05/11: Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Chemistry, California State University, Long Beach , USA
• 01/06/09 – 05/08/10: NSF REU Program Undergraduate Researcher
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Brandeis University, USA
• 01/06/09 – 07/08/09: NSF REU Program Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Physics, Bucknell University,USA
Invited oral presentations
- Turing patterns: Experimental pattern growth and invasion
Institute for Theoretical Physics, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2017 - Transitions to Large Wavelength Turing Patterns
Sigma Xi, U.S. Army Natick Chapter, Natick, MA, USA, 2017 - Experimental Pattern to Pattern transitions in the CDIMA reaction with Halide Addition
Pattern Formation minisymposium, Dynamics Days, Exeter, UK, 2015 - Development of new systems for the study of pattern formation in reverse microemulsions
Society of Physical Chemists of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 2014
Organisation of International Conferences
Gordon Research Seminar “Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems”
-2018 Co-Chair, I was elected along with my colleague Dr. Totz at the 2016 meeting to share the responsibilities of organizing the meeting from solicitation of abstracts to a successful meeting on-site.
Number of participants: 11 speakers, 35 poster presenters (Switzerland)
-2016, Discussion Leader of the Functional Materials session of this meeting, I was selected by the Meeting chair to serve as a discussion leader of one of the sessions of this meeting. (USA)
● Nonlinear Dynamics in Chemical Systems Satellite, Conference on Complex Systems
-2015 Satellite Organizer, I was responsible for the call for papers and shared responsibility in drafting the proposal for the satellite, corresponding with the speakers and the conference site. (USA)
Prizes and Awards
2011: Dean’s Fellowship $12,000/ Brandeis University/ USA
I was awarded this fellowship for my academic performance in my undergraduate program.
Travel Awards:
2018: Travel Award $970/Gordon Research Conference/ Switzerland
2018: Travel Award $290/Gordon Research Seminar/ Switzerland
2015: Travel Bursary £300/Dynamics Days/ UK
2014: EtoilePM grant €220 / Young Researchers Network for Complex Systems/ Italy
2014: Discussion Leader Travel support $285, / Gordon Research Seminar/ Spain
2012: Travel Award $500/ Gordon Research Conference /USA
Funding record
2018: Belgian American Educational Foundation, postdoctoral fellowship
31,000 USD to the fellow
Project: Investigating the effects of the Carbonic Anhydrase enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of CO2(aq) to H2CO3(aq) on the convective dissolution of CO2.
I was awarded this highly competitive fellowship which is intended for scholarship exchange to further the diplomatic relations between the US and Belgium in order to pursue research in the NLPC.
2011: National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program fellowship
90,000 USD to the fellow and 36,000 USD to the institution
Project: Investigating the three dimensional behavior of an oscillatory localized pattern in the Belousov- Zhabotinsky reaction
Supervision activities
• 22/03/13 – 15/05/18: Department of Chemistry/Brandeis University/USA
I supervised 5 bachelors students in day-to-day experimental work and data analysis and co-supervised two bachelor’s theses. Emily Pruc and Jamie Soohoo are also coauthors.
Yunquio Gan: research assistant, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Effects of Illumination on large wavelength patterns in CDIMA
Jamie Soohoo: Analytics Consultant, EXL
Thesis: Modulated Standing Waves in BZAOT
Khang Ngyuen: Quality Control Scientists, Amneal Pharmaceutical
Emily Pruc: Ph.D. student, University of Massachusetts
Dani Sims: Undergraduate student, Brandeis University
Teaching activities
• 17/01/12 – 01/05/12: Department of Chemistry/Brandeis University/USA
Teaching assistant: Honors General Chemistry Laboratory 3 unit hours
• 01/09/11 – 12/12/11: Department of Chemistry/Brandeis University/USA
Teaching assistant: General Chemistry Laboratory 3 unit hours
• 25/01/10 – 10/12/10: Supplemental Instruction/ California State University, Long Beach/USA
Instructor of Record : General Chemistry Supplemental Instruction Course 1 unit hour
Institutional responsibilities
• 7/10/16 – 15/05/18: Steering Committee member, peer group coordinator
Career Development for the Sciences, Brandeis University
• 01/06/11 – 31/05/15: NSF GRFP Resource Person, Brandeis University
In this role, I developed a workshop suitable for undergraduate students to introduce them to graduate fellowships and particularly the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. I also developed a workshop for graduate students with a particular emphasis on designing the broader impacts component. I maintained a repository of successful applications, and mentored two successful applicants.
Memberships of scientific societies/networks
• 10/05/2017 – 15/05/2018: Boston Soft Matter networking group
• 12/10/2015 – 11/10/2016: Complex Systems Society
• 31/10/2014 – 01/11/2015: American Physical Society – Division of Condensed Matter
• 02/03/2012 – 01/03/2015: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Through the AAAS, I attended the Catalysing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) in Washington DC which connects students with science-for-policy and policy-for-science
• 13/07/2009 – 06/02/2012: American Chemical Society –Physical Division
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