Experience

• 2018-Present — Assistant Professor, Plastic Engineering Technology, Penn State Behrend.
• 2014-2018 — Senior Polymer Engineer, Schlumberger, Dyna Drill, Katy, TX.
• 2011-2014 — Research Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University.
• 2008-2011 — Group Leader, Center for Biomaterial Development, Institute of Polymer Research, GKSS, Teltow, Germany
• 2004-2007 — Research Scientist, School of Polymers and high-Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi
• 2002-2004 — Japan Society for Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Japan.
• 2001-2002 — Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Mainz University, Physical Chemistry Departments, Germany.

SPE Positions Held

I have no previous position within SPE.

Summary

I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. I have been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral Fellowship (Mainz University, Germany) and the Japan Society for Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (Tokyo Institute of Technology). I served as a senior research scientist at the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, University of Southern Mississippi and at the Center for Biomaterial Development, Institute of Polymer Research, GKSS, Germany. I also worked as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University and Senor Polymer Engineer at Schlumberger. I published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers with approximately 3200 citations. I also published 8 patents, one book, 9 book chapters, and presented more than 60 talks at national and international meetings, and serves as a frequent reviewer and referee.