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-JS
My past research interests have been varied in scope and direction. My interest in science was born out of entomology, meteorology, and mineralogy. My field of view has since restricted to focus on organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry. While my disparate interests may seem like a divided attention, my depth of experience in varied disciplines enables my synthesis of knowledge and interdisciplinary thinking.
If you are interested in the progression of my research interests, a compilation of my work and their respective documents are provided below in a chronologically ordered repository.
2026 Engagements
February: Presentation of Research Poster at the Inaugural Mineralogical Society of America Annual Meeting
March: Fundamentals of XAS Analysis Course offered by Brookhaven National Laboratory
April: RIXS and XAS Measurements at Lawrence Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (8.0.1.4)
2025 Engagements
November: XAS Measurements at Argonne National Lab’s Advanced Photon Source (10-ID-B)
February: Presentation of Research Poster at the Critical Materials Innovation Hub Winter Meeting at the Colorado School of Mines
2024 Engagements
May – June: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Fluorimetric Assessment of Carbohydrate-Derivative Sorption to Surfaces of Clays Possessing Variable Chemistry
March – May: Confirmation of Product and Catalytic Activity of Putatively Stereoselective Dehydrogenase Enzymes Acting on Alditol Substrates
January – March: Design and Testing of Activity and Kinetic Screening Experiments for a Panel of 10 Hexitols and a Series of Putatively Stereoselective Enzymes
2023 Engagements
May – August: Maintenance and Design of Custom Intake and Flow Chamber for a Picarro Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer for the Detection of Methane and Nitrous Oxide