Research Associate
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), 2007
- Physical Chemistry
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
- Thesis title: “Water dynamics in confined systems and aqueous mixtures explored by neutron scattering and simulations”
- Co-Advisors: Professors Branka M. Ladanyi and Nancy E. Levinger
- Bachelor of Science, 1999
- Chemistry, Minor in Computer and Information Science
- University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
- Thesis Title: “Magic number clusters of alkali metal and halide ions in water”
- Advisor: Professor Timothy K. S
- Development and characterization of novel materials for use in the generation of entangled photon pairs
- Application of quantum entanglement to quantum telecommunication and quantum cryptography
- Investigated water dynamics in reverse micelles using quasielastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations
- Investigated water/dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures using molecular dynamics simulations
- Developed qualitative and quantitative models to interpret results from quasielastic scattering experiments
- Prepared and characterized reverse micelle samples for use in quasielastic neutron scattering experiments
- Performed time-resolved fluorescence Stokes-shift experiments on water/dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures using Coumarin 153 as a probe molecule
- Applied computational methods to ion-ammonia clusters
- Parameterized ion-ammonia and ammonia-ammonia interactions using GAUSSIAN and GAMESS for use in the Monte Carlo simulations
- Investigated structural properties of ion-ammonia clusters using Monte Carlo simulations