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Education

*        Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Irvine (UCI), 1998

Research Advisor: Profs. F. Sherwood Rowland and Donald R. Blake

*        B.S., Chemistry with a Physics minor, San Jose State University (SJSU), 1992 Research Advisor: Prof. Patrick Hamill

 

Professional Experience

*        Co-Director Geophysical Research Center,

*        New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), 2007-Present

*        Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,

*        NMT, 2006-present

*        Chair, Department of Chemistry, NMT, 2006-2008

*        Research Scientist, Geophysical Research Center, NMT, 2000-Present

*        Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, NMIMT, 2000-2006

*        Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine, 1999-2000

*        Postdoctoral Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998-1999  

 

Teaching Experience

*        Atmospheric Chemistry

*        Global Biogeochemical Cycles

*        Climate Change

*        Quantitative Analysis

*        General Chemistry 1

*        General Chemistry 2

*        General Chemistry Laboratory  

*        Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 

*        Physical Chemistry Laboratory

 

Selected Professional and Service Activities

*        NASA ARCTAS (Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites) Mission Science Team.

*        International and U.S. Surface Ocean Lower Atmospheric Study (SOLAS)

*        Halogens in the Troposphere, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Initiative

*        International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) data meeting, Durham, New Hampshire, August 2005.

*        Exploring Ocean Iron Fertilization: the scientific, economic, legal and political basis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, September, 2007.

*        International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Fast Track Initiative "Ocean Acidification", Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, September 2006.

*        International, State and Local State Science Fair judge

*        New Event Sponsor, New Mexico Science Olympiad

*        Raised funds for Socorro Storehouse and other need base organizations

 

Awards

*        NASA Group Achievement Award, 2008

*        National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Fellowship at UCI with Prof. F.S. Rowland and Prof. D.R. Blake, 1991

*        National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Fellowship at the University of Denver with Prof. D.H. Stedman, 1990  

*        SJSU Chemistry Department Scholarship, SJSU, 1990 

*        Norman Albert Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry, 1989  

*        San Jose Urban Ministries Good Guy Award, 1989 for helping homeless men find work.