What’s your background?

A mix of radio and organic chemistry from University of Missouri Kansas City. We used positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) to probe whether left-handed organic molecules were more stable than right-handed ones, and work out the potential implications for the origin of life. It was very motivating work but hard to find funding.

What do you specialize in at Polaris?

Mainly slurry rheology and coating. Studying a slurry’s rheological behavior and working out how much you can influence it to coat a more well-behaved and even electrode gives me a fascinating set of problems to work with.

What’s your favorite thing about working here?

The relaxed start-up culture and the range of problems we tackle with each project. We constantly see new things, which gives us insights that might not exist in very many other labs.

What can we catch you doing outside of work?

As a transplant from Kansas City with no family in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve been focusing a lot on work-life balance and fostering a healthy and well-connected community. I also do various athletic activities like weight training and relays (HTC, Ragnar) with friends.