Material Science Medical Device: Electrochemistry and Bioengineering Consultant

Expertise

• Micro and macroelectrode fabrication.
• Electrochemistry.
• Material characterization (structural and electrical).
• Methods to join carbon materials, including active brazing.
• Laser welding and micromachining.
• Biocompatibility and biostability testing.
• Tissue engineering (cell culture).
• Carbon materials: diamond, graphene, and carbon nanotubes.
• Brain-machine interfacing.
• Fabrication and electrochemical characterization of electrodes.
• Photolithographic methods and thin film deposition.
• Microfabrication: Laser machining and laser welding.
• Methods to join carbon materials electrically, including active brazing.
• Electrochemical detection of biomolecules.

Experience

Undisclosed University, Present

NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Micro- and nanofabrication of biosensors.

Undisclosed Company, Present

CTO and Co-founder

• Managing director

Undisclosed Company, Present, 2017 - Present

• The initial creation of prototypes and experimental design, including electrode design and fabrication.
• Current studying of controlled hydrolysis for the creation of gas bubbles with specific diameters.

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2013 - Present

• Create medical devices using carbon materials, including diamond, graphene, and carbon nanotubes.
• Specific design of high-density, high electrode count electrode arrays for brain-machine interfacing, this includes development of electrode coatings to improve the interfacial properties, as well as integration with control electronics and surgical implantation.

Post Graduate Work

• Study of carbonaceous composites for neural interfacing, including electrode fabrication, electrochemical characterization, surgical implantation and device development.
• Photolithography to create thin metal and ceramic film electrode arrays for electrophysiology.
• Rheological studies of sucrose solutions to create water-soluble microneedles for flexible electrode insertion.

Centre for Eye Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, PA, 2012 - 2013

• Fulbright and Whitaker Fellow
• Computational modeling of retinal neurons.
• OCT-guided retinal prosthesis design.

Cook Myosite, Pittsburgh, PA, Research Associate, 2008 - 2011

• Develop an animal protein-free cryopreservation medium for human muscle stem cells.
• Co-culture study of human muscle cells and endothelial cells in hypoxic environments to create in vitro angiogenesis.
• All studies included immunohistochemistry and real-time polymerase chain reaction to characterize the cells.

Honors & Publications

Languages

• English (native)
• Spanish (basic; reading)

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Materials Research Society
• Biomedical Engineering Society

Awards

• Melbourne Materials Institute - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Ph.D. stipend
• Fulbright Fellowship
• Whitaker Fellowship
• St. Vincent's Research Endowment Fund

Publications and Patents

• Author and Co-Author of educational text and peer reviewed scientific journals.
• Co-Inventor of World and U.S. patents.

Education

• Ph.D. Physics (Materials Science), University of Melbourne, Melbourne Victoria, Australia
• B.S.E. Bioengineering (Chemistry minor), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA