Professional Preparation

University of California, Berkeley Materials Science & Engineering B.S. 1995 University of California, Berkeley Mechanical Engineering B.S. 1995 The Johns Hopkins University Materials Science & Engineering M.S. 1997 The Johns Hopkins University Materials Science & Engineering Ph.D. 2000 Max Planck Institute for Metals Research Postdoc area: Thin Film Plasticity 2000-2002 Stuttgart, Germany

Appointments

2010-present Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

2004-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2002-2004 Staff Scientist, Department headed by Prof. Eduard Arzt

Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany

Deformation Mechanisms and Mechanical Behavior of Nanoporous Metals, in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy, Structure, Thin Film Plasticity