Biotechnology
Chemical process technology
Enzyme structure-function relationships
Molecular modeling
Molecular thermodynamics
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2007
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 2002
2018 – present: Program Director, Molecular Separations, National Science Foundation
2018: Acting Program Director, Engineering of Biomedical Systems and Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering, National Science Foundation
2017 – present: Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
2017 – 2018: Associate Program Director, National Science Foundation
2012 – 2017: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky
2013 – 2017: August T. Larsson Guest Researcher, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences
2012 – 2017: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2011 – 2012: Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, NREL
2008 – 2011: Process Engineer, URS
2005: DOE Computational Science Intern, Sandia National Laboratory
2003 – 2007: DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow, Vanderbilt University
2002 – 2006: IBM Fellow, Vanderbilt University
