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1998 to

(Undisclosed University)

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Research Associate/Nanofabrication Engineer

Expert's responsibilities include training, mentoring, and supervising PSU graduate students and post-doctoral researchers from the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and Astronomy. Expert works with electron beam lithography (Leica EBPG-HR5), and scanning electron microscopy (LEO1530-FESEM) nanofabrication project design, implementation, and evaluation for outside academic and industrial clients. He is involved with light microscopy, e-gun, and thermal metal evaporative coating. He does e-beam photomask production, processing, and resist characterization, as well as nano- and micro-fabrication applications development for semi-conductor, photonic and biological materials.

1995 to 1998

Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Department of Chemistry

Research Associate

Expert's responsibilities included exploratory research on biological and material science samples for elemental and molecular identification and imaging using static time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), and light- and electron microscopy. Applications included polymers, glasses, doped silicon, plant and fungi physiology and chemistry, mass spectrometry, and chemical imaging. He worked on the development and application of specimen cryopreparative techniques for biological surface analysis using TOF-SIMS. He also performed concomitant cryo LVSEM (low voltage scanning electron microscopy) and FESEM (field emission SEM) analysis. He was also involved with equipment and cryo-accessory design.

1993 to 1995

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

School of Medicine, Cell Biology and Anatomy

Director of Electron Microscopy

Expert was responsible for overseeing the service and research activities involving electron microscopy applications. He performed management of lab operations and technical service staff, user training, scheduling, and budget administration. The fields of application included cell, neuro-, and molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, pathology, virology, and food science disciplines. He performed cryofixation and freeze-fracture surface replication. He was a consultant on external projects in food ingredient structure and related fields.

1989 to 1993

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Advanced Microscopy Facility

Senior Microscopist

Expert performed service and research activities involving electron microscopy (EM) applications, user training, and budget administration. He also managed the technical service staff. He conducted user training, advising, research, and technique development in TEM and SEM; fluorescent, confocal, and DIC (Nomarski) microscopy; and high-pressure cryopreparation (Balzers HPM), freeze substitution, and freeze-fracture/etching. He was an independent consultant on external projects involving EM studies in materials and food science fields.

1984 to 1989

University of Illinois, Urbana

Veterinary Medicine Electron Microscopy Facility

Director

Expert was responsible for overseeing the service and research for electron microscopy applications. He performed SEM and TEM research project design and implementation, and maintenance and acquisition of electron microscopes and support equipment. He also conducted user training and technical service staff management. He performed immunology and immunochemistry research on virus-cell interactions using colloidal gold labeling of viral and cytoskeletal antigens. He also did independent consulting involving EM studies in food science and related fields.

2007 to

(Undisclosed University)

Materials Science and Engineering

Microscopy Manager-Central Research Facility

Expert is responsible for the daily operations of a centralized, multi-user Materials Characterization Facility in the College of Engineering. He is mainly working with Scanning Electron Microscopes in both high vacuum and variable pressure modes.

• Expert has access to the PSU Nanofabrication Cleanroom facility for conducting all phases of nanofabrication research. Equipment includes: a Leica EBPG-HR5 Ebeam lithography system, a LEO1530 FESEM, light microscopes, metal deposition systems for both ebeam and thermal evaporation, reactive ion etch tools, oxide furnaces, and vapor deposition and thin film characterization tools. Clients may either come in as registered users (after proper training) and perform their own research or Expert can act as a client's agent and conduct research as a remote project.