Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2016 – present)
National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow, Sponsor: Vincent A. Hackley
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – Gaithersburg, Materials Measurement Science Division (2014 – 2016)
Highlights Editor, Royal Society of Chemistry, Environmental Science: Nano journal (2015 – 2016)
Education
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2014)
Advisors: Gregory V. Lowry and Robert D. Tilton
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2010)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas – Austin (2009)
Honors and Awards
- UH Cullen College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Award (2020)
- UH Cullen College of Engineering Junior Faculty Teaching Award (2020)
- Emerging Investigator for Environmental Science: Nano (Special Article, 2020)
- Outstanding Reviewer for Environmental Science: Nano journal (2016, 2018, 2020)
- Featured Customer for Wyatt Technology (Article)
- National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIST-Gaithersburg (2014)
- Student Oral Presentation Award, First Place, 8th International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials, Aix-en-Provence, France (2013)
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)
- Prem Narain Srivastava Legacy Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University (2011)
- Jared and Maureen Cohon Graduate Fellowship in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2010, 2011)
- Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Fellowship (2010)
- Carnegie Institute of Technology Dean’s Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University (2009)
- Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship, University of Texas–Austin (2007)
- Cockrell School of Engineering Scholarship, University of Texas–Austin (2005-2009)