CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEER
Chemical Engineering
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States of America
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2011. B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999. Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Bioenergy Center, 2014–present. Group Leader/Principal Investigator, ITN Energy Systems, Inc., 2011–2014. Research Assistant, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2006–2011. Field Team Leader, Tetra Tech Environmental, Inc., 2000–2003 (seasonal).
Electrochemical and thermochemical conversion of biomass-derived compounds to chemicals and fuels. Numeric modeling of chemical reaction kinetics and reactor hydrodynamics. Process modeling to assist techno-economic analyses. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques for the characterization of electrochemical systems. Developing and characterizing reactors and systems for energy generation and storage devices (e.g., direct sodium borohydride fuel cells, polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, solid-oxide fuel cells, and redox flow batteries).