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@Mercer University, Macon, GA

@NIST, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC

@University of California, Berkeley

@University of California, Berkeley

Worked in Professor Graham Fleming’s group investigating energy transfer in photosynthetic complexes and synthetic materials

• Built heralded single photon source using entangled photons from spontaneous parametric down conversion nonlinear crystals

• Studied energy transfer in photosynthetic complexes and synthetic materials as part of the NSF Center for Synthesizing Quantum Coherence via 2DES and 2DEV spectroscopy

@Mercer University

Worked under the mentorship of Professor Kathryn Kloepper for 3.5 years

• Studied Georgia groundwater near mining sites for heavy metal contamination

• Investigated new bacterial strain for biosurfactants potential to develop safer ways to clean up oil spills

@Hollings Marine Laboratory

Worked under the mentorship of Dr. Stacy Vander Pol, Kevin Huncik, and Dr. Jessica Reiner at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• 5-week experience certifying Standard Reference Materials (SRM)

• Introduced to Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), pressurized fluid extraction (PFE), solid phase extraction (SPE)

• Participated in troubleshooting process to determine best method for extraction of analytes and best peak resolution on the GC-MS spectra

@University of California, Berkeley

Amgen scholar in Professor Kristie Boering’s lab

• 10-week experience investigating nitrous oxide isotopic composition for aircraft samples taken during or shortly after lightning storms and corona discharge experiments

• Proficient with Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) and vacuum line procedures

• Cryogenically trained and introduced to cryogenic separation techniques