Education

Postdoctoral NIH Fellow, Texas A&M University, 1995-1997

PhD The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 1990-95

Major: Chemistry

Dissertation Subject: Modification of Surface Electronic Properties by Organic

Ligand Adsorption

MS Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 1989-90

Major: Chemistry

Thesis Subject: Applications of Immobilized Ligands in Cation and Anion Separations

BS Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 1983-84, 1986-89

Major: Chemical Engineering

Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Am. Inst. of Chem. Eng. Outstanding Graduate, Spencer W. Kimball Scholar

Research Experience

Assistant Professor 1997-2002, Associate Professor 2002-2007, Full Professor 2007-present

Michigan State University

^.Developed high-flux, high selectivity polyelectrolyte membranes for ion and gas separations

^.Prepared modified MALDI plates for on-probe purification of protein digests

^.Created polymer brush-modified membranes for protein purification

^.Developed a method for growing thick polymer brushes from gold
^.Created highly selective nanoparticle catalysts

^.Introduced interface science experiments into undergraduate and graduate level courses

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

Texas A&M University 1995-1997

^.Created hyperbranched polymer films for sensing applications

^.Developed fluorinated polymer films for corrosion protection

Graduate Researcher

Weizmann Institute of Science 1990-1995

^.Created a method to control semiconductor work functions with organic ligands

^.Characterized new surfaces by FTIR and Kelvin probe measurements

^.Calculated the likely structure of a new self-assembled monolayer

Awards

Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry Young Investigator Award, 2000

MSU College of Natural Science Teacher-Scholar Award, 2003

Personal Interests

Other than science, my family, church, reading, and Michigan State and BYU football