Physicist and Nanotechnologist Specialized in Probe/Atomic Force Microscopy, Biophysics, and Nanomedicine

Technical Consultant #1803

Nanotechnology research and development in biology and biophysics, neuroscience, materials science, physics, engineering and pharmaceuticals.
Process strategy, data acquisition and analysis, client communication and reporting, in academic and corporate environments.
Technical proficiency in many surface analytical techniques, clean room processing, and bio-lab practices.
Designed and engineered (CAD) add-on modules for combined TIRF/AFM microscopy.

Undisclosed Company, Director of Nanotechnology, 2006 - Present

Started nanotechnology division in bio-pharmaceutical small business environment.
Set up and managed Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) lab with integrated fluorescence microscopy.
Developed total internal reflection fluorescence LED device to be used as an add-on to atomic force microscopy from concept CAD design to prototype building.
Managed and executed probe microscopy projects for pharmaceutical client, including data acquisition, analysis, and reporting.
Evaluated grants and patent applications to decide which avenues to pursue in product development.
Synthesized and compiled information from different disciplines to present potential applications and commercial opportunities to upper management.
Adapted quickly to turn from academic to industrial environment with a focus towards product commercialization.

University of California, (UCSB), Neuroscience Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003 - 2006

Filled the rolls of Post Graduate Researcher and Project Scientist.
Used AFM to show that connexin channels play a role in cell volume regulation.
Used AFM to show that several amyloid peptides form ion channels in reconstituted lipid bilayers.
Used electron beam and photo lithography to create nano patterned surfaces for bilayer conductance measurements with AFM probes.
Built microchannel viscosity and biosensor using AFM cantilevers.
Adapted from physics/engineering applications to biological applications in nanoscience.

Uppsala University, Department of Surface Biotechnology, Sweden, 1999 - 2003

Malardalen University, Department Chemical Engineering, Sweden, 1999 - 2003

Lecturer and Researcher for the following subjects: Materials Science, Biophysics, and Chemical Engineering.
Performed collaborative research in the departments of chemical engineering, surface biotechnology, physics and materials sciences.
Investigated surface properties using electron spectroscopy, electron beam lithography, photolithography, and scanning probe microscopy resulting in an electrochemical surface activation method for biosensing.
Appointed as Assistant Supervisor for three graduate student theses.
Created and taught undergraduate Scanning Probe Microscopy/Ellipsometry course in chemical engineering, plus an advanced version for graduate students in Biotechnology.
Taught undergraduate Surface Biotechnology course in chemical engineering curriculum.

Credentials

SBIR/STTR Grant Writing Workshop, Biotechnology Business Consultants. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Biophysics), Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Biomolecular structure with scanning force microscopy," Division of Ion Physics, Dept. of Radiations Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Experimental Physics, 'Vrije' University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Publications and Patents

Ph.D. Postdoctoral, Biophysics, U.C.S.B., Neuroscience Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
Ph.D. Ion Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
M.Sc. Experimental Physics, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands