Ceres, California, which is near Modesto, and approximately 90 miles inland from San Francisco.

1999

UNLV was growing and building research. It offered the opportunity to be on the ground floor of building a Ph.D. program in chemistry.

I received a B.S. in chemistry from California State University, Stanislaus. My Ph.D. is in physical/analytical chemistry from the University of Utah.

My high school teacher was instrumental in my choosing chemistry as a profession.

I have two distinct research projects that are founded in electrochemistry. The first involves the synthesis and characterization of polymer/metal composite materials. The polymer serves as a 3-D conductive template for building catalyst membranes for fuel cell applications. My second area of research focuses on the electrochemistry in purely ionic liquid systems. The research examines the reclamation of useful materials (rare-earth, actinide, radiopharmaceuticals) from either natural materials or fission products.

The concept that electrochemists only work with batteries.

Set goals and work toward achieving them. So many students come to college without a plan or defined goals. It makes achieving anything difficult if you cannot define the path and work toward the goal.

I am an avid fisherman. I also do stained glass and have produced windows for homes, tiffany style lamps, and glass art that hang in windows.

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein.