I joined the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University in January 2007 and am currently working towards a Ph.D. in chemistry. I intend to use the skills I gain here in my future research, first in industry and then in an academic facility. Thus I hope to do my part towards the realization of a sustainable society.
Research Interests
- Evaluation of Fe-TAML activators as a potential remediation technology for groundwater contaminated with tert-Butyl methyl ether (MTBE).
- Development of a technology to use Fe-TAML activators and peroxide to degrade polybromonated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are commonly used as flame retardants and are endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs).
- Synthesis and evaluation of solid-supported Fe-TAML activators.
Previous Research Experience
“Development of Dirhodium Sugar-Substituted Carboxylate and Acetamide Complexes and Evaluation of their Potential as Lectin Inhibitors” Mentor: Dr. Steven Haefner, January–August 2005
“Surge of green: A sustainable approach to conductive polymers” Mentor: Dr. Edward Brush, September 2005–December 2006