Research Interests

Synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts for biomass gas-to-liquids conversion

Optimization of engineering operations related to the gasification of biomass at the pilot plant level

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Florida State University

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, NREL (2017–present)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado School of Mines (2015–2017)

Pipeline Engineer, Assured Flow Solutions (2014–2015)

Featured Work

Observation of Interstitial Molecular Hydrogen in Clathrate Hydrates, Angewandte Chemie (2014)

Synthesis and Characterization of sI Clathrate Hydrates Containing Hydrogen, Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2012)

Rapid Hydrogen Hydrate Growth from Non-Stoichiometric Tuning Mixtures During Liquid Nitrogen Quenching, The Journal of Chemical Physics (2012)